Real Player is the culprit!

Having struggled with the 98SE shutdown problem for several months I went to
the Real Player help website to see if there were any comments regarding this
issue. It was suggested that the optional automatic services in
"preferences" be unchecked to stop them from loading. I did this and have had
absolutely no shutdown problem for the past two weeks. Whatever the TKBell
file is, I think that's the core problem that prevents Windows 98 from
shutting down. I have it blocked from loading with "Statup Cop."

MikeM.


"Ron Badour" wrote:

If you do not use a program during every computer session, don't start it at
boot. I'd rather click on a shortcut when I need to use a program than
waiting on the PC to boot because of too many programs being started. Also,
having a bunch of programs running in the background can cause your
resources to run out faster.

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Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"Steve Wade" wrote in message
...

If 98 won't shut down properly, just push the power button on the front
of your computer. No harm done. It's a common problem with 98 an
98SE.


As a postscript:

Unfortunately pressing 'that' button is unavoidable sometimes but really
my
question was prompted by my HD accumulating a few bad clusters, which I
presumed was linked to too many improper shut-downs.

Eliminating Real Player Update from the Start-up seemed to bring a (so
far)
huge improvement.

Knowing what to include and exclude from the Start-up still remains a
quandary.

Thanks!