A recurring theme about this is some incompatible software was loaded or a virus, trojan, spyware or other has infected the machine.
Are you sure the machine is free from all pests?
Have you looked in the EVENT VIEWER for clues?
Bob
Recently I have these "End Program" dialog boxes popping up for each program that is ending when I am logging of the computer. How can I fix it back so that all this is done in the background without the boxes popping up?

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