Computer wont shut down...

[Gaming-Module]

The Mom box just received a new monitor (my 19 inch Dell Trinitron) and a nice set of $80 Altec Lansing speakers.

Well, I plugged them in and started up the system, and whenever I try to shut down or restart, it stops cold at the "windows is shutting down" screen.

I ran scan disk, defragged the hard drive, and refreshed the monitor under display in device manager.

Any other bright ideas?

[downhill]

Check System Properties/File Properties/ and the tab for your cdrom. If its set for a high cache, lower it and see if that helps. For some reason, setting it for a large cache can make your system hang when shutting down.

Ok..so maybe thats not it, but its a shot in the dark anyway.

[brembo]

Tried the shutdown supplement for Win 98?

[Sid]

Boot it into safemode and see if there are multiple monitors listed in device manager. If so delete the one your not using

[Gaming-Module]

It's not the patch. I have SE.

Would a network setting be hanging up the system? It is not hooked up to our router because we moved the computer today. Perhaps file sharing or somesuch is the cause?

[Cornbread]

Originally posted by Macho-Module
It's not the patch. I have SE.

Se has a shutdown patch too. try windows update.

[Sid]

Yes a network problem will deffinetly cause that. It happened to me at work 3 days ago when the network went down. The box wouldn't shut down or reboot.

[Gaming-Module]

Problem solved.