PC Re-booting continually 1

[PCVirgin]

When I try to shutdown my WIN98 desktop my machine goes throught the usual process all the way to a black screen and then re-boots itself!

It's driving me insane. I have run SCANDISK in windows and in DOS to no avail. The only way to turn the thing off now is to physically switch it off - which surely cannot be good.

Does anyone know what could be the problem?

 

[Sival]

Perhaps a virus? Can you get to safe mode? Have you installed or uninstalled anything recently?

 

[SYAR2003]

m$ kb article : 187607

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;Q187607

Try this one first.


MORE INFORMATION
When you shut down Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98, all device drivers are uninitialized. If fast shutdown is enabled in Windows 98, device drivers are not uninitialized. This results in a faster shutdown. Fast shutdown is enabled by default. Disabling fast shutdown may be necessary when you are troubleshooting shutdown problems in Windows 98.

To disable fast shutdown, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information.

On the Tools menu, click System Configuration Utility.
On the General tab, click Advanced.
Click to select the Disable Fast Shutdown check box, click OK, and then click OK.
Click Yes when you are prompted to restart your computer.
Disabling fast shutdown in Windows 98 changes the FastReboot value data from 1 to 0 in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Shutdown

If this article does not describe your shutdown-related issue, please see the following Microsoft Web site to view more articles about shutting down Windows 98:

 

[PCVirgin]

I tried the disable fast shutdown 'trick' and now the PC shuts down completely.

Thank you for your help.....