In article <Help.Needed-4B83D2.19473323012008@news.TITANnews.com>, Help Needed <Help.Needed@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In article <0001HW.C2DF266C01F6CD00F060B648@newsgroups.comcast.net>, > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:33:44 -0400, Help Needed wrote > > (in article <Help.Needed-5943DE.10334406082007@news.TITANnews.com>): > > > > > Won't Shut Down! - iMac 800 G3 - TIGER OS X.4 > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I have an iMac 800 G3 17" flowerpot.... 768MB RAM... and I just > > > > There's no such machine. > > > > All iMac G3s had 15" screens. > > > > You may be referring to an iMac _G4_. > > > > > installed Tiger OS X.4.1 ... and now it won't shut down. > > > > I doubt that Tiger had much to do with it. I suspect that Something > > Else(tm) > > installed, usually as a startup item, has everything to do with it. > > > > > > > > It runs beautifully... but just hangs on shut down. > > > > > > It will even go to sleep after 15 mins during shut-down, and wake up.... > > > but it never, never fully shuts down... just hangs at the blue-screen. > > > > Is the pinwheel going? > > > No pinwheel... just all blue frozen. > > > > ................................................................ > Posted via TITANnews - Uncensored Newsgroups Access > >>>> at http://www.TitanNews.com <<<< > -=Every Newsgroup - Anonymous, UNCENSORED, BROADBAND Downloads=-
Log into another account, preferably a brand new one, and see if you can effect a normal shutdown.