From: hgxrp@yahoo.com   
      
   "Mysterious Traveler"  wrote in message   
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   > On 09/07/2010 01:36 PM, HankG wrote:   
   >> When I shut down my XP box, sometimes (usually after the box has been   
   >> sitting idle for a couple of hours), it is very slow shutting down.  I   
   >> will   
   >> get popups saying this program is not responding; end now.  The programs   
   >> are   
   >> usually recognizable as being part of windows.   
   >>   
   >> Yesterday, while going through this gyration, a program was listed:  the   
   >> name was a string of about 15 Asian characters.  I shudder to think what   
   >> it   
   >> might be, and tried spybot, but didn't find it.  I started to look   
   >> through   
   >> the Windows folders, but gave that up.  Ran msconfig and there were no   
   >> unusual entries.  I have WinPatrol which usually warns when something is   
   >> installed (usually turn out to be updaters).   
   >>   
   >> Would anyone know if there are 'usual' folders where these programs hang   
   >> out.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks.   
   >>   
   >> HankG   
   >>   
   >>   
   > http://linuxmint.com/   
   >   
   Could ya give me a hint?   
      
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