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Shut Down in Windows 98 SE
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Rocky on January 05, 2008, 09:01:15 am ---You don't have to do anything fancy with software.
By pressing the power button twice, windows 98 will go through a proper shut down sequence and power off.
This is what I use for my cabinet, it works great.
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That is entirely dependent on the motherboard/BIOS. Not all, and in fact not most, will do that.
EDIT: grammar fix
DaOld Man:
Big Brother Microsoft does not recommend bypassing the scan disk.
Are you using a frontend?
If so, you can map a button to quit the frontend, then use this program to properly shut windows down:
Another shameless plug for a product created in the catacombs of my mind, but hey, it's free.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 05, 2008, 06:28:50 pm ---Big Brother Microsoft does not recommend bypassing the scan disk.
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Common sense does not recommend using Microsoft.
david656:
could be your power supply i supose AT or ATX
IG-88:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 04, 2008, 04:16:33 pm ---Disable scandisk:
Run MSCONFIG
I think its uncer 'advanced', there is a checkbox that says something to the effect of 'disable scandisk after bad shutdown.'
Not sure if thats what you want, tho. I've done this on my carputer for the longest time, and no probs yet. You might also want to disable disk caching, I think theres an option for that, too.
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Ed is right. I've done this to all my win98 set-ups and it works fine. One press of the power button and it's off. One press again and it boots back up, no-prob. People say it's bad on the hard drive but I don't buy it. I've never had a crash yet.....(crosses fingers)
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