Ahhh... good ol' OS 9. This issue can usually be fixed by trashing certain prefs files. Namely: Finder, Mac OS, and System preferences. Once those are gone the mysterious inability to shutdown should go away. While you're at it, update to 9.2.2.
On Wednesday, March 03, 2004, at 00:59AM, Bugs Bunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello! > >I have a G3 tower B&W running OS9.1. The computer will not turn off >either by the 'special' menu or the power button. It just will not turn >off! (it will not even restart). When I click on restart or shut down >the icons, on the desktop, will go away and then nothing else. If I >click on restart or shut down again the computer will freeze. :( Besides >this problem, the machine works pretty good. > >This is a computer that I bought at an auction and do not have the >original disks, or I would just reinstall the OS and see if that would >fix the problem. I have an iMac (tray loading cd) that I also bought >used. It came with a copy of OS 9.1 on a green colored disk. I would use >it on the tower but for some reason the cd/dvd drive will not see any >green disk I put in the machine. (It is as if it is color blind. :) ) > >Does anyone have any idea on how to get this, overall good, machine to >turn off? I rebuilt the desktop, and scanned the hard drive with Norton >and yet it still will not shut off. > >Thanks for all your help, >Max -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
