Shut down

Scrivener

For some reason, when my computer now shuts down, the desktop disappears
(normal) and the "Shutting Down/Logging Off" message flashes; then, my
desktop and icons reappear momentarily, and then the "Shutting Down/Logging
Off" message appears again and the machine shuts down normally. This never
happened before. My paranoid mind thinks that maybe someone/something is
logged on along with me. ) (Heck, maybe there is!!!)

Any thoughts as to what might trigger this change in shutdown?

As always, thanks in advance for your help.

Jonathan Mars

"Scrivener" <dntsaycant@cox.net> wrote in message
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> For some reason, when my computer now shuts down, the desktop disappears
> (normal) and the "Shutting Down/Logging Off" message flashes; then, my
> desktop and icons reappear momentarily, and then the "Shutting
> Down/Logging Off" message appears again and the machine shuts down
> normally. This never happened before. My paranoid mind thinks that maybe
> someone/something is logged on along with me. ) (Heck, maybe there
> is!!!)
>
> Any thoughts as to what might trigger this change in shutdown?
>
> As always, thanks in advance for your help.
>

Could be caused by video drivers or perhaps you installed something that
auto runs in the background. If you didn't then start scanning for malware,
virus etc.
Malwarebytes, Spybot S&D and Avast AV scanner all have free versions and
should find any issues.

Scrivener

Thank you, Jonathan, for your reply.

FYI, I have a Netgear Wireless A/G router with a built-in firewall. At the
present time, I am running two wireless laptops, one wireless desktop, one
hard-wired desktop. I have Avast! installed, along with Windows Defender,
on each computer. My small, home network is encrypted with 128-bits. I did
have Norton 360 installed on each machine, but it was such a resource hog, I
uninstalled it from each about a week ago; then, used Norton's removal tool
to remove its' remnants. (I think Norton 360 is good for someone who is a
novice and doesn't "look after' their computers.) Anyhow, that's about the
time this peculiar way of shutting down on my one laptop occurred. Go
figure.

By the way, I have Malwarebytes and Spybot on each machine. (Talk about
redundancy!) Nonetheless, they're installed and have done their scans,
finding nothing. Avast! and Windows Defender found nothing, also.

I guess I'm going to have to live with it. It's a minor quirk. But, since
there is no immediate "shout" from this group that they know about this
problem, I shall not panic. (Hmmmm) )

Thanks for the input.

Enjoy the holidays, you and your family.

Ernie



"Jonathan Mars" <JM@here.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Scrivener" <dntsaycant@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:uGLOD2sXJHA.5704@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> For some reason, when my computer now shuts down, the desktop disappears
>> (normal) and the "Shutting Down/Logging Off" message flashes; then, my
>> desktop and icons reappear momentarily, and then the "Shutting
>> Down/Logging Off" message appears again and the machine shuts down
>> normally. This never happened before. My paranoid mind thinks that
>> maybe someone/something is logged on along with me. ) (Heck, maybe
>> there is!!!)
>>
>> Any thoughts as to what might trigger this change in shutdown?
>>
>> As always, thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>
> Could be caused by video drivers or perhaps you installed something that
> auto runs in the background. If you didn't then start scanning for
> malware, virus etc.
> Malwarebytes, Spybot S&D and Avast AV scanner all have free versions and
> should find any issues.