Won't shut-down

[harry12]

Simple problem, I cliick to shut-down and the PC grinds to the "Shutting down" screen then just hangs.
If I Reset, it tells me to shut-down properly. Huh.

I have removed some old progs recently and wonder if one of the components was the shut-down sequence - seems a little extreme.
If the file is still in the "Recycle bin" what should I be looking for?

I have also up-loaded a pop-up stopper but can't remember its name, and don't recall it telling me it was working - seems to have gone into the depths of windows, I guess. Normal activity is fine, so I'm reasonably sure it's not hardware and it's only the shutting-down sequence that fails.

Is this a known trap for Win98SE?

Oddly the PC told me D-disc was full ( The HDD is split in two = C, D,), so I deleted some recent programs and it was after it twice refused to shut-down I searched this site.
Unfortunately the topics here, under Win98SE, are not exactly in any logical order ( Or, is that me?)

Regards.

[JimP]

Originally Posted by harry12

Simple problem, I cliick to shut-down and the PC grinds to the "Shutting down" screen then just hangs.
If I Reset, it tells me to shut-down properly. Huh.

I have removed some old progs recently and wonder if one of the components was the shut-down sequence - seems a little extreme.
If the file is still in the "Recycle bin" what should I be looking for?

I have also up-loaded a pop-up stopper but can't remember its name, and don't recall it telling me it was working - seems to have gone into the depths of windows, I guess. Normal activity is fine, so I'm reasonably sure it's not hardware and it's only the shutting-down sequence that fails.

Is this a known trap for Win98SE?

Oddly the PC told me D-disc was full ( The HDD is split in two = C, D,), so I deleted some recent programs and it was after it twice refused to shut-down I searched this site.
Unfortunately the topics here, under Win98SE, are not exactly in any logical order ( Or, is that me?)

Regards.

Hi, Yes, it's a known problem with 98/98SE. MS has a patch. Search for '98 Shutdown Patch' and you should find it easily. Luck, Jim

[whenrik]

With those symptoms (installed free software, hard-drive is unexpectedly full, won't shutdown), I would say you may have a nasty malware problem. Update your anti-virus and anti-spyware definitions and boot into safe-mode (repeatedly press F8 while starting) and perform a scan. Some spyware/viruses will download porn files to your computer, mark them as hidden and then try to prevent you from shutting your computer down.