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Troubleshooting Shutdown/Startup
Startup and Shutdown for Windows 95/98 is meant to be pretty automatic. Start your computer, and it loads without user intervention; choose shutdown, and it either prepares itself to let the PC be turned off (Windows 95) or completely shuts down and turns off the PC (Windows 98 and later). Poorly behaved hardware drivers, less than wonderful software, and actual hardware problems can interrupt this ease. Learn to address these problems in this series.

  Tutorials
  Tries to Start but No Drive
  Virus Appears at Boot/Start
  Hear PC Boot - No Display
  See No Display, Fast Beeps
  Startup Stalls at Logo
  Too Many Programs Start (95)
  Too Many Programs Start (98)
  Clean Boot - WIN.INI (95)
  Try Another Way: 1 (95)
  Try Another Way: 2 (95)
  Clean Boot with Windows 95
  Clean Boot with WIN.INI (98)
  Try Another Way: 1 (98)
  Try Another Way: 2 (98)
  Check WinStart.BAT (Win95)
  Check WinStart.BAT (Win98)
  Hardware Unavailable on Start
  Booting in Safe Mode (Another way)
  Clean Boot with Windows 98
  Booting in Safe Mode (Win95)
  Booting in Safe Mode (Win98)
  Stop Protected Mode (95)
  Protected Mode Drivers (98)
  PC Beeps But Won't Boot
  Reports Missing File