Disabling Floppy Disk Controller Causes Hang at Shutdown

ID: Q193677

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SYMPTOMS

If you disable the Standard Floppy Disk Controller device in Device Manager, your computer may stop responding (hang) when you shut it down. The computer may hang while the shutdown screen is being displayed.


RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, turn the computer off manually after it hangs at the shutdown screen. Doing so should not cause any problems. The Standard Floppy Disk Controller device remains disabled when you restart the computer.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 98.

Additional query words: splash 


Keywords          : kbenv kbhw win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 29, 1999