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November 6th, 2003 21:00

Dell PC turns off only with the switch

Hello

When I try to turn off my Dell Dimension XPS (1.4GHZ), from Start to Shut Down, etc.., the computer does not shut off. I have to do it by hand, through the ON/OFF switch, as it seems to freeze in the last few steps. And then to reboot, it goes first through a very slow Scan Disk.

Before this, it would shut off, but not without me clicking a message indicating a Sistartup service error.

I know I had to remove a Parite B. Win 32 virus. Is it possible it could have caused this problem.

Help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Alain

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November 7th, 2003 02:00



alainrobert wrote:

I know I had to remove a Parite B. Win 32 virus. Is it possible it could have caused this problem.


Yes, but it's probably going to depend on whether you did a complete job of removing the virus.

See this for information on troubleshooting shutdown problems with Windows ME:

http://aumha.org/win4/a/shtdwnme.htm

November 8th, 2003 19:00

Thanks for your input. Yes I am sure that the virus is gone: I checked with NAV 2001, Bullguard and F-Prot. They all report that there is no virus. To remove it, I had to use F-Prot under DOS.

Thanks for the link, I will check it.

Alain

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