My 2 cents worth - I have several new and upgraded comuters with Win98SE -
and most of them have this shutdown/restart problem, including mine.  I have
run this file, which, by the way, I originally downloaded from Microsofts
Website, and it did NOTHING to any of the 4 computers I tried it on!  So,
rest assured, the file came from Microsoft, but there are still no
guarantees it fix the problem. I still do not know what it was supposed to
fix, though if you do a search of Microsoft's Knowledge Base, it may give
you some information.  There are many other possible problems to Win 98
shutdown problems - I guess all of mine have those other problems...too time
consuming to research - however...read my next e-mail!

Carmen Sminesvik

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Prince [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 11:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Win98SE lockup


Hi Paul --

You said

> If your computer locks up when u close it after installing Win98SE,
the utility Win98_shutdown.zip can solve the problem. It is available
from

> www.pcworld.com/pub/system/system_tuneup/Win98_Shutdown.zip


Unfortunately the page is no longer available. I used FileFerret to
locate "Win98_Shutdown.zip" and found it at

ftp.pcworld.com/pub/system

The zip file is a little over 500k and contains two files:
"239887up.exe" and "readme.txt."

This is the text of the read me file:

"The Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Supplement addresses shutdown
issues on systems with specific hardware/software configurations
running Windows 98 Second Edition. These issues include systems
restarting when selecting shutdown and systems hanging on shutdown."

Wording looks a lot like Microsoft's, but I'm not sure. There is no
author identified.

I don't know what 239887up.exe does so I didn't run it. Don't think I
will until I do. Cowardly me!

Is this the file you referred to?

Cheers, Phil

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