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244649 2004-06-15 02:32:00 Hi Folks,

When I shut down my Windows ME computer, I often get a little dialogue box telling me that a programme (unnamed) is running and giving me a choice of waiting 20 seconds, ending task, or cancelling. When I click on "end task", the shut down process is aborted as if I had clicked "cancel" instead.

I've hit ctrl-alt-delete and closed every running app down, and still this message comes up. I've run ad-aware, spybot and AVG anti-virus, and they all come up empty. There's nothing untoward in the startup menu (msconfig) either. I'm stumped!

I suspect it's either a spy program or a virus. Either that or it's a quirk of ME. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it?

Joe Davies

PS I'm running an Athlon 1.4 Mhz processor, if that's any help.
Joe Davies (831)
244650 2004-06-15 02:58:00 have a look through this you may find something helpful
How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems
Here (support.microsoft.com)
hth
johnboy (217)
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