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re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE.
Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 6:12 pm
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Posted by Brian (5 messages posted)

Your problem is almost definitely a driver issue. That's why it shuts down properly in Safe mode - a default set of good, working drivers is loaded by Win98. While in Safe mode, check in Device Manager and remove any "ghost" devices that may still be installed - ones that have been removed long ago, but their drivers hang around. (Note that you can only see these ghosts in Safe mode.) The worst offenders I've seen to cause hangup at shutdown are mouse drivers. Try removing the mouse in Device Manager, then restart the system to force it to re-detect the mouse. Do the same for other devices, especially ones that you may have installed recently. Good luck! -Werecow

On Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 3:51 pm, seskanda wrote:
>I already read a thread on this topic here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1106550970
>
>I have the exact problem as that poster. The PC will NOT shut down automatically.
>It ONLY shuts down automatically in Safe Mode. The mobo is an i440BX with AMI BIOS.
>Moreover, i tried EVERYTHING outlined in the MS article linked on the aforementioned
>thread, but NONE of the solutions worked!
>
>Thanks in advance.

Written in response to:: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 3:51 pm)

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re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 11:56 pm)

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'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 3:51 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (bob wells: Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 6:08 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (Klerg: Fri, Apr 14, 2006, 2:43 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (bob wells: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 12:54 am)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 1:31 am)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (bob wells: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 2:51 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 6:31 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (JmC: Sun, Apr 16, 2006, 10:51 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (bob wells: Tue, Apr 18, 2006, 11:44 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Tue, May 2, 2006, 11:49 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (Brian: Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:12 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (seskanda: Tue, May 2, 2006, 11:56 pm)

re: 'It's now safe to shut down your computer' in 98SE. (bob wells: Wed, May 3, 2006, 8:16 pm)

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