Thanks: [Ham-Computers] win98 failure to shut down??

Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:39:25 -0600

John:

Good work!

As kind of a finishing touch for your Win 98
installation there, you might want to consider
downloading "regclean" (the MS version, NOT
one of similarly named look-alikes), and get
in the habit of running the program occasionally.

73 de John
..

----- Original Message -----
From: "refmon" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: Thanks: [Ham-Computers] win98 failure to shut down??

> Hi Gene and group,
>
> I am thrilled to announce success, although, as is so often the case with
> Windows, it wasn't quite so cut and dry as to download a patch.
>
> Gene gets great thanks for steering me to the patch site which, in
addition
> to the patch download, has a "read this first" link...safety tip...read
that
> first.  I had no idea, but such things as corrupt closure sound file,
> drivers for stuff you never knew you had, etc can over-write the area of
> memory used when closing to the "it's safe to turn off" screen.
>
> In my case, I noticed that my problem PC, which is a new setup with almost
> nothing installed, had a list of running TSR's about 18 more than my more
> mature PC...a short comparison reveled a list of suspects...found a couple
> of files referencing something called Intercast Cache...a little homework
> reveals that this whole Intercast thing and the accompanying web services
it
> drags along, were installed the other day when I switched my sound card to
> the PCI128 Soundblaster, which was needed for some DSP programs and
> decoders.
>
> In any case, a quick uninstall and deletion of subdirectories solved the
> shutdown problem, noticeably sped up the general operations of this PC and
> the exhaust air smells noticeably fresher.
>
> Apparently, the Intercast stuff is some accessory protocol for viewing
video
> files and listening via the Soundblaster-or some such
> thing...anyway-superfluous and gone = works fine.
>
> I appreciate the pointer, Gene.
>
> regards
>
> John Collins
> ____________________________-
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eugene Rastberger" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 04:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] win98 failure to shut down??
>
>
> > John, Et al:
> > The site for the patch is:
> >
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeat
> > ured/Win98SE/
> >
> > Just cut and paste this URL into your browser.
> > If this does not work, let me know and I will send it to you as an
e-mail
> > attachment.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Gene. W�QFC
> >
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