All was as I had set last night when I shut down normally. Had all programs and windows shut before I clicked the shut down icon. No updates done that recently, either. I'm convinced there are gremlins who do this! LOL!

Use your head with this - a PC isn't a CD player, it's even better. Put any and all your CDs into the PC just once, rip them (transcribe the music files into computer files), and then play them an infinite number of times using the sound files stored on your hard drive. Either WMP or Itunes will do the rip. If the CD can be read from one PC and not the other, rip the CD on the working PC and then move the files to the other. Or, rip all the working files on the "bad" PC, and use the working PC to rip and transfer just the one non-working file. A concept that's hard for some to grasp - if you're trying to do something and it doesn't work, it's unlikely the solution is to do the same thing over and over again. Instead, try something different.

Hi, Rita wrote: "BTW, when you choose to use the Firefox add on that allows it to work like Internet Explorer you are actually using Internet Explorer." I'm no expert here, but I *think* you may be speaking of the WindowsUpdate extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/195) rather than the extension I mentioned that links to the WindizUpdate site. In fact, the Windiz site's "Why Use W.U. ?" link at the right of its homepage (http://www.windizupdate.com/) notes sarcastically in the list of advantages of using the product: "No more unwanted spyware -- Microsoft Internet Explorer can finally be removed from your computer (if that were possible)." So, the WindizUpdate extension apparently is 'free' of all dependence on IE. And as I noted previously, for me, WindizUpdate is very fast. When I would go to the MS site and manually scan the computer for updates, it would take 10-15 minutes for IE to complete that task alone !! Windiz takes less than a minute !! :-) I don't know if that would be the case if I were still really using IE for the (manual) update I do when I use FF and Windiz. Scott My apologies, Rita, if I have misunderstood and you weren't commenting on the Windiz extension at all, but were *intending* to address the 'embedded IE' type of extensions for FF !

This actually takes quite a bit of time to look up, so for a lot of them that I know are on answersthatwork, I'm just going to refer you to that link - rather than just copy and paste here. Basically though, these things take up memory, and if you're short on memory it can slow things down. So if you don't need them to be running all the time, disable them. If you don't need them at all, uninstall the program itself. A lot of programs will start them up when the programs starts anyway, so they don't need to be running all the time. But some programs (like OneNote) do need to have them running, all the time. Here's my annotated response. By looking at the file path you can see which program they are associated with : C:\Program files\microsoftoffice\office14\bscsync.exe/delayservices For the ability to sync and cache external data on a SharePoint server. If you're not syncing to a server, you can probably disable it. c:\program files/commonfiles/adobe/arm/1.0\adobearm.exe. Read the description and recommendation on answersthatwork.com --Probably leave as is because it only runs at startup, then terminates. And it's important to keep Adobe Reader up to date for security reasons. c:\PF\CF\apple\appleapplication support\apsdaemon.exe Read the description and recommendation on answersthatwork.com c:\Program files/samsung/samsunglink\samsung link tray agent.exe "Samsung Link connects all your devices and storages in one place for integrated search and easy playback." Not sure about this one. c:\program files/bitdefender\bitdefender 2015\BDAgent.exe If you're using Bitdefender, leave as is. c:\Program files\itunes\ituneshelper.exe Read the description and recommendation on answersthatwork.com c:Program files\quicktime\QTTask.exe.-atboottime Read the description and recommendation on answersthatwork.com c:windows\system32\rundll32.exe.c:windows\system32\logilda.dll.logfetch Something to do with Logitech mice - not sure what to do with it though. c:program files\logitech\setpoint P\setpoint.exe launchgaming Read the description and recommendation on answersthatwork.com c:\program files\bitdefender\bitdefender2015\BDWTXAG.exe If you're using Bitdefender, leave as is. C:\users\user\appdata\local\theweathernetwork\weathereye.exe "Every minute you get the most up to date local forecasts, warnings, news, maps and more! WeatherEye shows forecasts of up to 5 days by default and 10 days." Are you using this ? If not, disable it or better, uninstall it. c:\users\user\appdata\roaming\smilebox\smileboxTray.exe "SmileBox is a photo sharing and social expression application intended for creating digital collages, invitations, slideshows, e-cards and scrapbooks for special occasions such as weddings and birthdays." Not sure, but probably disable it unless you really need it running all the time. Sounds a little fishy to me. c:\progra~1\micros~1\office 14\onenotem.exe/tsr Read the description and recommendation on answersthatwork.com -Kent