This fix is for Win 98 SE when you click on shutdown and it hangs on the screen that says Windows is shutting down.  At that point you have to shut it down using the power button.  I don't remember your original message describing the problem you mention below. That is a horse of a different color and could involve an overheating problem, a memory problem, and a host of other possibilities.

>> You don't say which OS you have, but I am sure that it is Win 98 SE since
>it had the shutdown problem.  You can download a little program to fix it.
>Go to
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeat
>ured/win98SE/license.asp   to download it.  You will need to restart your
>computer.  Save he program because you'll have to reinstall it every few
>months.  Win 98 SE can be a real pain.  XP is a real improvement.
>
>~~~~Does this fix only repair the problem of saying it's going to shut down
>and then not doing it?  I have Windows 98SE and it has a shutdown problem,
>but it's a totally different one.  (I've never had the particular problem
>you're addressing.)  Mine spontaneously shutsdown of it's own accord,
>suddenly, right in the middle of things. Actually, it reboots, because it
>comes back, but of course I've lost everything I was doing and am no longer
>online.
>Carol Hanson
>                       Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
>

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