I've been having some trouble with my computer taking a while to shut down when turning off. Some program (not named) keeps causing a Window to pop up that states it's not responding and I either have to say "Wait" or "End Task". Hitting Ctrl/Alt/Del doesn't really show any programs that say "not responding". This happens everytime I shut down the computer.
A little background: things started slowing down upon turning off the computer in addition to other programs acting up by "slow to start" &/or "won't start at all w/o reboot" came after I tried an Anti Spyware program called Bullet Proof or something from [url]www.spyblaster.com.[/url] After d/ling it, install, and running a "check' it stated I had 280 spybots and I had to buy the program to remove them. It cost $*0, which I though was too steep for that so I untinstalled it. I already have Adaware and Spybot S&D and they don't show I have near that many. Only * with Adaware and 8 with Spybot S&D after Bullet Proof said I had 280. Maybe it's just a good program... I don't know... but it looked like it just chose every single cookie perhaps without regard to whether it was a real spybot or not. Anyway since then things have been acting up. Another thing is my memroy stick doesn't show up when I plug it in until I reboot almost every time. I use it a lot to back up Quicken files. My computer was running great until after trying out that spyware program.
I'm running Windows *8 and have all updates from the Windows update website.
Thanks for any help you can provide.