PC won't shut down

2005-03-21 Thread Gretchen Summers
For some reason our Dell, running XP, suddenly won't shut down. I have to hold in the power button to get it to do so. I suspect some application running in the background that won't quit might be the culprit. Can anyone suggest a way to resolve this? -- Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

OrangePC ( Orange Micro )

2005-03-21 Thread Richard Nagle
Does anyone have the latest install software for Orange Micro (530 DOS Card ) currently running version 3.1.1 Anyone with 3.4? TKS- Rick -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ /

Re: PC won't shut down--P.S.

2005-03-21 Thread MUGWump
Whenever you're shutting down programs, two programs you should not shut down are Explorer and Systray. Forgot to mention that. -- I'm a MUGWump: My MUG is on the Mac side of the fence (since mid-2002), and my Wump is on the PC side (since 1989). I've been on the trailing edge of computer

Re: PC won't shut down

2005-03-21 Thread Brian Futrell
As far as what I have used to scan for spyware, Spybot: Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware seem to work OK for me. They are both free for personal use. MS is supposed to have a Malicious Software Removal Tool for XP, but I haven't tried it yet. When your are shutting down, does it seem to

Re: OrangePC ( Orange Micro )

2005-03-21 Thread Darren
Richard Nagle wrote: Does anyone have the latest install software for Orange Micro (530 DOS Card ) currently running version 3.1.1 Anyone with 3.4? I've downloaded 3.4.2 from the Orange website, also had some measure of luck using the internet archive, sadly the luck runs out when trying to

Re: PC won't shut down -- Spyware

2005-03-21 Thread MUGWump
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