I have a question about When I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" screen:

I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks

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If you can read you can fix it!!!!!

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On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When 
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" 
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one 
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks 
>

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On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:15 pm, Vernon wrote:

>If you can read you can fix it!!!!!
>
>Click here
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>On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When 
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" 
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one 
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks 
>
>

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It could be as simple as a damaged sound file... not at all uncommon with Win98/Win98SE. Sound files are very small and can become corrupted very easily - doesn't take much... just shutting down Windows improperly can damage these sensitive file systems. Try this and tell me if it works: Go to your Control Panel and double-click on Sounds. Look for the box Exit Windows and either turn off the sound or pick another sound. Wouldn't it be nice if all Windows problems were this simple?


On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
>

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Sorry allot of people don't know how to use the scroll bar on the right side of the 
screen

Sorry if you took it the wrong way I meant it as  funny!!!!!!





On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:20 pm, leonie wrote:
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>On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:15 pm, Vernon wrote:
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>If you can read you can fix it!!!!!
>
>Click here
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>On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When 
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" 
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one 
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks 
>
>
>
>
>well I can read thankyou but no one asked for u to be rude I asked for help not 
a 
>smart remark!!!!

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On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:24 pm, GSM wrote:
>It could be as simple as a damaged sound file... not at all uncommon with Win98/Win98SE.
>Sound files are very small and can become corrupted very easily - doesn't take much...
>just shutting down Windows improperly can damage these sensitive file systems. Try
>this and tell me if it works: Go to your Control Panel and double-click on Sounds.
>Look for the box Exit Windows and either turn off the sound or pick another sound.
>Wouldn't it be nice if all Windows problems were this simple?
>
>


>On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
> thanks for the help but it didn't work I tried all the stuff in here to fix it but it just wants to pee me off

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On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:39 pm, Vernon wrote:

>Click 
>here
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On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:24 pm, GSM wrote:
>It could be as simple as a damaged sound file... not at all uncommon with Win98/Win98SE.
>Sound files are very small and can become corrupted very easily - doesn't take much...
>just shutting down Windows improperly can damage these sensitive file systems. Try
>this and tell me if it works: Go to your Control Panel and double-click on Sounds.
>Look for the box Exit Windows and either turn off the sound or pick another sound.
>Wouldn't it be nice if all Windows problems were this simple?
>
>


>On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
> thanks i sloved the prob had to download thanks 4 your help

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Try going to start-regedit-and then do the following.. Add the string Shutdown and give it a value of 2 Then give the FastReboot a value of 2.. Reboot..it should work! [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Shutdown] "FastReboot"="2" "Shutdown"="2"


On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
>

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We have found that running 4 patches from microsoft seems to fix the problem with shutdown in 90% of the cases. I tried to copy them to this response but I could not. I will give you the file names and you can search the MS kb for the files. All four files should be run. 1)239887USA8.exe, 2)253711usa8.exe, 3)260067usa8.exe, 4)shutdowndelay.reg.


On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
>

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After reformatting my computer, I experienced the same problem. I tried holding down "shift" when clicking "shutdown," I tried hitting "enter" during the freeze window to wake it up, I tried jigging with the sound files. Eventually, I unistalled Tiny Personal Firewall, which was something new I tried using after reformatting my computer. After uninstalling it, I tried shutting down the computer, with no change, it still froze. However, once I rebooted my system, I tried restarting, this time it worked, once it fully loaded, I tried shutting down, and that worked. So, it would appear that (a) the firewall was the problem, and (b) it took one full rotation of shutting down before all of the changes took effect. Everything is fine now, so I'm off to try downloading another copy of this firewall and try it again. Michael
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there no one that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks

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I went through every list of fixes and troubleshooting tips I could find on this problem, and nothing seemed to work on my system. Finally, in what I can only describe as a fit of desperation because it was driving me nuts, I did an "install new hardware" search looking for non-PNP devices. And Windows found one. After rebooting and letting it reinstall virtually everything on the system, from the CMOS clock on up, it now shuts down (and off) with no problem. Boots faster, too. I thought I'd mention this because I haven't seen it in any of the troubleshooting tips.


On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
>

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Hey Jerome! You tip works PERFECTLY! I have been looking for this soulition for 2 weeks now. I had a Win98 ( first edition ) PC that had the shut down freeze problem. What a simple fix!!! Thanks!!


On Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 11:27 am, Jerome M. Kreiner wrote:
>Try going to start-regedit-and then do the following..
>Add the string Shutdown and give it a value of 2
>Then give the FastReboot a value of 2..
>Reboot..it should work!
>
>
>
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Shutdown]
>"FastReboot"="2"
>"Shutdown"="2"
>

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My new xp wont shut down wheni try to shut it down...??? what do i do?


On Saturday, January 19, 2002 at 12:22 am, leonie wrote:
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I am using Windows 98 IInd edition. When I choose shut down - the PC just hangs and appears in the Screen "Windows is shutting down - Please wait" Please help. Tks

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I had the same problem when I upgraded to win98 all I did was down loaded a patch from Microsoft. shut down, hang time are key words. ( it worked) I hope this helps. Nelson


On Friday, January 18, 2002 at 11:11 pm, leonie wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:

>
>I have tried all the problem answers to fix it but it still hangs is there n e one
>that has another idea that can fix it cause it is driving me crazy thanks
>

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