Computer will no reboot

Using Window ME

Has been working just fine until today. Now when I click on START SHUTDOWN
RESTART, what I get is my monitor going blank and a small horizontial line
blinking in the upper left corner. The computer does not reboot. I have to
shut it down manually and restart it.

What might be causing this?

Thanks you,

Craig

Hi !!
do you install some toolbar in your system???
some toolbars dont close when the system shutdown and them hang the
systeme...
however you can try this:
Start------run----scanreg /fix...
Greetings !
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Aldo Comparini G.
(escribe SIN MIEDO antes de enviar correo)
www.ecoarqtec.elgratissitio.com
"Haz lo mejor que puedas con los recursos que tengas"
Guatemala C.A
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Need Help" escribió en el mensaje
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Using Window ME

Has been working just fine until today. Now when I click on START
SHUTDOWN
RESTART, what I get is my monitor going blank and a small horizontial
line
blinking in the upper left corner. The computer does not reboot. I have to
shut it down manually and restart it.

What might be causing this?

Thanks you,

Craig

Thank you for your help. Here is what has transpired.

I restored to a prior date using system restore. Now all I got was a red box
stating "NAV auto protect: unable to initialize the virus scanning engine
database files".

I uninstalled Norton Antivirus and reinstalled it. By this point I had read
your response and no, I had not installed anything what-so-ever. I also ran
scanreg as per your suggestion and the scan was fine.

After all this I tried to restart windows and all seems to be working okay.
Norton Antivirus seemed to be the culprit.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond - I appreciate you help.

Craig

"Aldo Comparini (gt)" wrote:


Hi !!
do you install some toolbar in your system???
some toolbars dont close when the system shutdown and them hang the
systeme...
however you can try this:
Start------run----scanreg /fix...
Greetings !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Aldo Comparini G.
(escribe SIN MIEDO antes de enviar correo)
www.ecoarqtec.elgratissitio.com
"Haz lo mejor que puedas con los recursos que tengas"
Guatemala C.A
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Need Help" escribió en el mensaje
news
Using Window ME

Has been working just fine until today. Now when I click on START
SHUTDOWN
RESTART, what I get is my monitor going blank and a small horizontial
line
blinking in the upper left corner. The computer does not reboot. I have to
shut it down manually and restart it.

What might be causing this?

Thanks you,

Craig

"Norton Antivirus seemed to be the culprit"

So - the obvious solution/preventive is to get rid of the culprit!
Note that doing so is NOT as simple as 'uninstall Norton'!! - should you
decide to do so, you will need to run at least one other removal tool from
the list in this link...
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...sv=&osv_ lvl=

....and possibly do a registry cleanup afterwards as well (and don't forget
that the biggest culprit within the Norton family is actually LiveUpdate,
which has to be uninstalled separately!)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Need Help" wrote in message
news
Thank you for your help. Here is what has transpired.

I restored to a prior date using system restore. Now all I got was a red
box
stating "NAV auto protect: unable to initialize the virus scanning engine
database files".

I uninstalled Norton Antivirus and reinstalled it. By this point I had
read
your response and no, I had not installed anything what-so-ever. I also
ran
scanreg as per your suggestion and the scan was fine.

After all this I tried to restart windows and all seems to be working
okay.
Norton Antivirus seemed to be the culprit.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond - I appreciate you help.

Craig

"Aldo Comparini (gt)" wrote:


Hi !!
do you install some toolbar in your system???
some toolbars dont close when the system shutdown and them hang the
systeme...
however you can try this:
Start------run----scanreg /fix...
Greetings !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Aldo Comparini G.
(escribe SIN MIEDO antes de enviar correo)
www.ecoarqtec.elgratissitio.com
"Haz lo mejor que puedas con los recursos que tengas"
Guatemala C.A
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Need Help" escribió en el mensaje
news
Using Window ME

Has been working just fine until today. Now when I click on START
SHUTDOWN
RESTART, what I get is my monitor going blank and a small horizontial
line
blinking in the upper left corner. The computer does not reboot. I have
to
shut it down manually and restart it.

What might be causing this?

Thanks you,

Craig

You must have overlooked all the *warnings* about "Norton" anything.
You definitely *Need Help*!
Wait for someone to tune in.

Harry.


"Need Help" wrote in message
news
Thank you for your help. Here is what has transpired.

I restored to a prior date using system restore. Now all I got was a red
box
stating "NAV auto protect: unable to initialize the virus scanning engine
database files".

I uninstalled Norton Antivirus and reinstalled it. By this point I had
read
your response and no, I had not installed anything what-so-ever. I also
ran
scanreg as per your suggestion and the scan was fine.

After all this I tried to restart windows and all seems to be working
okay.
Norton Antivirus seemed to be the culprit.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond - I appreciate you help.

Craig

"Aldo Comparini (gt)" wrote:


Hi !!
do you install some toolbar in your system???
some toolbars dont close when the system shutdown and them hang the
systeme...
however you can try this:
Start------run----scanreg /fix...
Greetings !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Aldo Comparini G.
(escribe SIN MIEDO antes de enviar correo)
www.ecoarqtec.elgratissitio.com
"Haz lo mejor que puedas con los recursos que tengas"
Guatemala C.A
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Need Help" escribió en el mensaje
news
Using Window ME

Has been working just fine until today. Now when I click on START
SHUTDOWN
RESTART, what I get is my monitor going blank and a small horizontial
line
blinking in the upper left corner. The computer does not reboot. I
have to
shut it down manually and restart it.

What might be causing this?

Thanks you,

Craig

Thanks all - but my computer is now restarting as it should. All I needed to
do was uninstall and the reinstall Norton Antivirus.

Come to think of it...this all started after my last virus update on the
original install.

Thanks again,

Craig

What kind of AntiVirus software do you suggest (other than Nortan)?

AVG works very well with ME, without any of the aggravating factors of
Norton
You can either use the free version, or the paid-for one.
www.grisoft.com


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Need Help" wrote in message
...
What kind of AntiVirus software do you suggest (other than Nortan)?

Avast ! its a good antivirus (freeware)
www.avast.com

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Greetings =)
Aldo Comparini G.
(escribe SIN MIEDO antes de enviar correo)
www.ecoarqtec.elgratissitio.com
"Haz lo mejor que puedas con los recursos que tengas"
Guatemala C.A
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Noel Paton" escribió en el mensaje
...
AVG works very well with ME, without any of the aggravating factors of
Norton
You can either use the free version, or the paid-for one.
www.grisoft.com


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Need Help" wrote in message
...
What kind of AntiVirus software do you suggest (other than Nortan)?

I can vouch for that!

Harry.



"Aldo Comparini (gt)" wrote in message
...

Avast ! its a good antivirus (freeware)
www.avast.com

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Greetings =)
Aldo Comparini G.
(escribe SIN MIEDO antes de enviar correo)
www.ecoarqtec.elgratissitio.com
"Haz lo mejor que puedas con los recursos que tengas"
Guatemala C.A
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Noel Paton" escribió en el mensaje
...
AVG works very well with ME, without any of the aggravating factors of
Norton
You can either use the free version, or the paid-for one.
www.grisoft.com


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
"Need Help" wrote in message
...
What kind of AntiVirus software do you suggest (other than Nortan)?