Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

My Glitchy Computer

My computer had been giving me fits for several days—mostly on startup.  Much of the glitchy behavior seemed to stem from Google Chrome.  Yesterday, after some resets and a few other tricks, I jumped feet-first into my Norton Security and began poking about.  I found “Startup Manager” and clicked on that.
Seemed logical, right?
Guess what?
Startup Manager would not shut down again.  No matter how many times I clicked to close it down, it kept grinding away and chasing its own tail.
Apparently, good for starting up.  Not so good for shutting down.
That’s not particularly helpful.
Off to a nearby computer repair shop I went.
Two hours later—not a virus—my computer just needed a $35.00 trip to the spa for a deep file cleaning and a couple of update reinstalls.

-- Mitchell Hegman

2 comments:

  1. Strange. I've been having the same problem too. Computer just won't stop even if I shut it down. So I pull the plug off each time. I'll have to check and see if I have a virus problem. Sigh!

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  2. Worth the time to get it fixed. Mine is so much better now!

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