Eileen,

No doubt about it - a Windows bug.  We have four Compaqs here and each
one shuts down differently.  Mine always hung with Win95 and I would
have to turn off the power switch and then of course the dreaded NDD
would launch when I powered up again.

I got so sick of this (and other hangups and crashed with Outlook
Express 5.0) that I took a chance when Paulo said that his upgrade to
Win98 worked to go ahead and do it.  It installed without 1 problem
AND now the machine shuts down correctly.

I do see some new bizzare behavior:

1.  the sleep mode is different.  The screen dims and the Panasonic
EO900 19" monitor (when I jiggle the mouse) slowly brightens up
instead of snapping on.

2.  all windows apps are a bit sluggish.  when I type sometimes the
computer acts like it's forgotten what to do and then it catches up.

On the plus side =  no more crashes in OE5.

You didn't say what OS you are running but I assume as you said you
upgraded from IE3 to IE4 you are in Win 95 so I would get Win98SE
(second edition) and see if that fixes this problem for you.

Best of luck,

Bob Landman
H&L



----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Thornhill <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: January 28, 2000 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DC] System hang when shut down


: This is most certainly a microsoft bug take a look at the microsoft
support web
: site.
: support.microsoft.com.
:
: Jim
:
: "Eileen Ong [R&D]" wrote:
:
: > Hi, sorry for posting a question not related to design. Just
wonder anybody
: > out there have ever encounter this problem.
: > I have just upgrade my IE 3.0 to IE 4.0. But every time when I
close all
: > application and shut down, the system will just display
: > "waiting for windows to shut down" and hang there. I further
upgrade IE 4 to
: > IE 5 but the problem still exist, this problem does not
: > happen when I'm using IE3. My system is Pentium 333 with 98M ram
and I'm
: > running Pads software for pcb design.
: > Thanks in advance for advice given.
: >
: > Best Regards,
: > EILEEN ONG (R&D Dept.)
: > Paradise Innovations (Asia) Pte Ltd
: > 25 Serangoon North Ave 5
: > 6th floor Uraco Building
: > Singapore 554914
: > Did: (65) 485-6690 (Office)
: > Fax: (65) 481-2611
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: > Web: http://www.paradisemmp.com
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