I have an untypical problem. I cannot shut down the Windows. So I am just switching that computer off when the main colour screen appears and that is it. I am running Win 98 SE and I use a SOYO SEA 5 EAS motherboard, K6 II 300 MHz processor, 13 Gb HDD, and 64 RAM (133 MHz, 126 pin). Several times I tried to reinstall Win 98 SE but with the same effect.

On the contrary, your problem is not untypical at all! What you are experiencing is the same as many other Windows 98 SE users. This is a known bug in Windows 98 SE and there is no universal solution to this problem yet. However, there are some steps you could try to fix this problem. Please have a look at the following site in Microsoft Knowledge Base for possible fixes for your problem: support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q238/0/96.ASP . I cannot list the fixes here as it is simply too complex and big in size to explain in this column. However, if you run into problems implementing any of the fixes, please let me know.