re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the ''Please Wait'' screen'
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 5:49 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by John
(4 messages posted)
Re my computer not shutting down, Windows Troubleshooter indicates that the problem
is in the Bootlog.txt file. namely, the last line Terminate=Win32 is missing. They
say that the problem is with a 32-bit program blocking a thread. But they don't tell
me how to solve it. Is there a simple answer to my problem? And, forgive my ignorance,
but what is a thread?
On Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 3:42 pm, Marcus wrote:
>Hi,
>this error often occurs because of the following reasons:
>1. Advanced Power Management (APM) (-> try to shutdown it it's disabled)
>2. Missing soundfiles which should be played when shutting down
>3. An cram-full temp-directory
>4. Local network-connections which are still open.
>You can try: net use * /delete. This command stops all network-connections
>5. Often some programms which are running in the background (firewall, etc.) don't
>terminate correctly.
>6. If it isn't one of these you should take a look at your bootlog.txt! For every
>terminated driver there must be terminate/endTerminate entry. That means you've
got
>an corrupt driver.
>
>Good luck, Marcus.
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