Get a screenshot and get the rest of the message , leaving out bits and pieces hinders the process.
Yes yes Event Viewer, by all means.
*gives Shamus MacNoob a fresh new sample*
Now this is the green pill, much stronger than the blue pill.
It could be your virus checker thats causing your shutdown problem.
Some virus checkers like trend load up as a random series of characters to make them harder for viruses to shut down.
I have never had a problem with an upgrade to xp...everStart over with a clean XP only install. Why troubleshoot an inferior install? Windows is twitchy enough as it is, a good foundation, free of any W98 registry remnants and overwritten W98 drivers, is the only way to go.
I have never had a problem with an upgrade to xp...ever
In the System Error Records only "the Event Log service was stopped" shows up at the times I shut down.
How do you install over an OS if the HD is formatted? OS -> Formatted HD -> New OS
No traces of what was there really.
Doesn't matter really, possible I mis-interpreted as well.