i have an older PIII, where' I've installed the Adaptec ASPI layer at
windows install (necessary for advanced

audio software). normally, not a problem, but nuked the soft-shutdown of
the computer (windows turns off the computer), simply going thru it's
shutdown to the message "it is now safe to turn off your computer". so,
normally, i manually switch it off.

no problem there, really.

but recently, after updating windows, my computer gets to the "saving your
settings" screen and hangs there. I can manually turn it off at that
point.

any way of trouble-shooting a system hang up like that?

thanks.

> but recently, after updating windows, my computer gets to the "saving
your
> settings" screen and hangs there. I can manually turn it off at that
> point.
>
> any way of trouble-shooting a system hang up like that?
>
> thanks.
>

Did you look in the EVENT VIEWER (under Administration Tools) at your
various logs? They will list warnings and errors. These logs may provide
the information to help you.