Removing networking software

I have recently been given an old PC from the office I
work in. It's an HP PC with Windows 98. It works well
but had two initial problems.

The first was that whenever I shut down it hung up and
the only way I could shut down was to switch off at the
wall. When I boot up again it needs to do a scan etc
because it hadn't been shut down correctly. The second
was that I couldn't install the printer I had. It said
that it couldn't locate the printer server.

It had been a networked PC so I presumed that this was
the reason. I took out the network card and removed (I
think!) the networking software. This seemed to work in
that I now have no need to sign on and I have been able
to install my printer. However, I still have the problem
when I shut down. It hangs up the same as it did before
with the message 'Windows is shutting down'.

I have no idea what it can be, so any suggestions would
be appreciated

In article <013b01c48b96$30310250$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Alan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have recently been given an old PC from the office I
>work in. It's an HP PC with Windows 98. It works well
>but had two initial problems.
>
>The first was that whenever I shut down it hung up and
>the only way I could shut down was to switch off at the
>wall. When I boot up again it needs to do a scan etc
>because it hadn't been shut down correctly. The second
>was that I couldn't install the printer I had. It said
>that it couldn't locate the printer server.
>
>It had been a networked PC so I presumed that this was
>the reason. I took out the network card and removed (I
>think!) the networking software. This seemed to work in
>that I now have no need to sign on and I have been able
>to install my printer. However, I still have the problem
>when I shut down. It hangs up the same as it did before
>with the message 'Windows is shutting down'.
>
>I have no idea what it can be, so any suggestions would
>be appreciated

See the troubleshooting steps here:

http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm
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