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]

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