shutdown

[darksky47]

Hello i hope you can help me i am running win 98 SE. when i try to shut my pc down all i get is a blank screen
it does not tell me it is safe to turn off my computer then when i turn it back on it saids windows was not shut properly then it runs scandisk i download the patch from MSN
for the shutdown problem but it did not work
maybe someone will read this and help me.
Main board is a ACORP-5ALI61 my cpu is a AMD 450mz with 160 MB Ram

[codybear]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/win98SE/license.asp

[Amd4ever]

Do you have a DSL modem?

I have the same problem but I discovered a workaround. My Windows won't shut down unless I have my DSL modem turned on. It's a bit of an annoyance but I can live with it, for now.

Hope this helps.

[jmatt]

Step by step here . http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm

[darksky47]

Hi again well I don't have DLS and have and have tryed to reinstall the patch but it didn't help. I forgot to say befor that i formatted my hard drive then reinstall windows 98 SE.that when the trouble begain
today i was in my bios setup and turn my USB
back on and i have a conflict in my sound card but if i turn off the usb the sound works good. maybe all of this is one problem
i just dont know

[vagpap]

Try to disable ACPI in your BIOS. I had the same problem and this helped.

[darksky47]

Thanks i turned off the ACPI then when i rebooted windows install safe bios then
i rebooted again and turn the ACPI back on now it works great thanks so much to everyone
who helped me and saved me the repair bill
i would have to pay if i sent my computer
to the shop now i know where to come when
i have trouble.

[mowtown75]

98 se is notorious for this.

My experience found conflicts with :

SMC 8014 network cards - patch would fix
Older creative soundcards - patch would not fix

[struggles]

I had the same problem on my computer at work for a couple years. I read a post about a great little utility called Windows washer to completely get rid of useless **** stored in temp. folders and others.After running it for the first time my computer shut down perfectly. I almost fell over. Should I call Bill?