scrambled windows screen

[Raym0nd]

Hi,<br>
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Everytime i shut down windows 98 my screen &quot;it is safe now to turn off your computer&quot; is scrambled.<br>
I have been searching but did not find anything.<br>
Is there somebody who can help ??<br>
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Thankx<br>
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Raym0nd

 

[Alt255]

Don't you love it? I loved it so much I put a switch on my machine to correct the problem. Do you see it on your machine? Good. Next time you see that screen, push the switch. This is a Windows problem, not YOUR problem.<br>
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Don't let MS try to that it's YOUR problem. I've performed the &quot;emergency shutdown procedure&quot; hundreds of times without a problem or error.<br>
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When in doubt, shut it down.<br>
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You can let Scandisk warn you about the penalties pertaining to an improper exit from Windows or you can tap &quot;X&quot; to load the OS and get on with your life.<br>

 

[Hubris]

Try setting your video to 256 colors and 640x480 then go into advanced settings and make sure you have the correct video card and monitor selected. You can detune the hardware aggresiveness setting while you are there to troubleshoot the problem. Restart and close down. If the problem is gone go back and set your screen resolution to whtever you normally use like 800x600 and 16-bit color and see what happens. If you just shut down windows and skip scandisk you will end up with more corrupt Windows databases than good and end up reinstalling. Video problems are easy to solve. If it persists you may have multiple monitors configured in the system device settings.

 

[Alt255]

`Though the message is scrambled, Windows is telling you that it is safe to shut down your computer, right? File corruption shouldn't be an issue. I have had users tell me they waited for more than a half hour for clear instructions to shut down. They wasted a half hour of company time.<br>
If there is no hard disk activity for 30 seconds it's a safe bet that Windows has finished all of its housekeeping and it's time to hit the power switch.<br>
By analogy; if you drive up to an intersection where the the traffic signals are malfunctioning, do you wait an hour for the light to turn green? No. You yield right-of-way and proceed to your destination.<br>
You might decide to play with your display settings and existential angst but, in the end, you will push that button.<br>
If you ever find a different solution I will shake your hand, Bill Gates will take our photo and you and I will end up on the cover of Geek Week.

 

[Alt255]

P.S. to Hubris. It's good to see more old timers on the site. Don't let my negativity scare you away - most Tek-Tippers aren't disenchanted old fools like yours truly. I started out on an NCR midi, went to IBM 870 and Honeywell 6000. Now I'm stuck with a faltering Win NT/95/98 network, trying to integrate a thousand incompatible applications with dozens of computer-illiterate users.<br>
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Welcome to Tek-Tips. Bring all of your tools - we will probably ask to borrow a few.<br>

 

[Alt255]

Sorry to follow a response with two extra responses. I recently saw the scrambled &quot;It is now okay...&quot; message displayed on a system using a legacy 3.x autoexec.bat that included the lines;<br>
CD \WINDOWS<br>
WIN<br>
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Just a thought...<br>