Windows 98 SE Hangs When Trying to Shut Down or Suspend – Part I
Select Start and Run, type msconfig and click OK. In the resulting dialog, go to the General tab, and click the Advanced button. Find the checkbox labeled Disable Fast Shutdown, put a checkmark in it and click OK twice. You probably will have to reboot once before this change takes effect.
Windows 98 SE Hangs When Trying to Shut Down or Suspend – Part II
Go to Start/Run, type msconfig and click OK. In the resulting dialog, go to the System.ini tab. Find the folder labeled [386Enh] and click the + sign next to it to expand it. If you see a line PagingFile=, highlight it and click the Edit button. Change the drive letter from lowercase to uppercase, e.g. c:\ to C:\. Then click OK. You will be prompted to restart, click Yes to do so.
Windows 98 SE Hangs When Trying to Shut Down or Suspend – Part III
Microsoft has put together a guide on how to troubleshoot Windows 98 SE shutdown problems
Windows 98 SE Hangs When Trying to Shut Down or Suspend – Part IV
Microsoft has issued a patch for the Windows 98 SE shutdown problem.
Windows 98 SE Hangs When Trying to Shut Down or Suspend – Part V
Update July 28, 2000: Microsoft has issued yet another patch for the Windows 98 SE shutdown problem.
Windows 98 SE Won’t Shut Down or Restart in MS-DOS Mode
This confirmed problem can be due to your video card requiring an IRQ in DOS mode, but your BIOS won’t assign one. Read this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for some suggestions on how to correct this issue.
Upgrading to Windows 98 SE Did Not Upgrade My Existing Version of IE5 to The Most Recent One 5.00.2614.3500
If you install Windows 98 SE over Windows 98 that already has IE5 installed, it will not update IE5. You should uninstall IE5 before installing Windows 98 SE.
Alternatively, you can do this: Rename the iemigrat.dll file in the C:\Windows\System folder to iemigrat.old. Back up your Registry, then delete the IE System Migration value from the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Setup\ Migration\ 100
Now run the Windows 98 SE upgrade again. It should now upgrade IE5 to the most recent version.
I Installed Internet Connection Sharing But Still Have No Sharing Button
This is probably because you already had IE5 installed before upgrading to Windows 98 SE and the upgrade did not update your version of IE5 as explained in the fix listed immediately above. You can correct this by extracting the Inetcpl.cpl and Inetcplc.dll files from the Windows 98 SE CD using System File Checker. Click Start and Run, type SFC and click OK. In the resulting dialog, select Extract one File from Installation Disk, type in the name of the file you wish to extract, insert your Windows 98 SE CD, and click Start.
After Installing Windows 98 SE, The System File Checker Reports a Corrupted Setupx.dll File
To be safe, you should extract a fresh copy of the file from the Windows 98 SE CD using the System File Checker.
The Internet Explorer Repair Option is Not Available in Windows 98 SE
Since IE5 is fully integrated into the operating system in Windows 98 SE, this is no longer an option. You should use System File Checker to repair any system files.
I Receive an Invalid Product Key Error Message During Setup
The most likely cause for this problem is that your Anti-Virus software is running during the upgrade setup. Abort the setup, turn off any Anti-Virus protection (in Windows, DOS and BIOS if applicable) and start setup again.
I Am Having Problems Installing Windows 98 From The CD ROM
Try installing from the hard drive instead. Make sure you have enough hard drive space for this operation, though. Make sure you have at the very least 350MB free space before you start (better if you have one GB or more though).
I Want To Use My Windows 98 Upgrade CD To Install On a Clean Hard Drive
While this technique calls for you to reinstall all your programs, the final result is a faster and more stable installation. So dig out your old Win95 CD along with your new Win98 upgrade disk and get ready to rock. This is how to do it: