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Curious message at Windows 10 shutdown

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L'Inquiet Posted messages 324 Status Member -  
L'Inquiet Posted messages 324 Status Member -
Hello,

For some time now, following either the change from the "Livebox 2 Zen" to the "Livebox 4 DSL", or important updates for W10 recently, I'm not sure how to interpret it, but when I want to shut down or just restart my PC (HP Pavilion from 2013) a message appears on the screen: "Another person is using this PC. If you shut down this PC now, that person might lose unsaved data". And I can certify here that no one but me touches this PC, so I am wondering about the ghostly presence of another person (?...)
Could you please let me know more about this ghost that seems to have taken over my machine?

Configuration: Windows / Chrome 86.0.4240.198

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    MisteryBean Posted messages 8948 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   1 292
     
    Hello,

    To test: 
    ==> Open Windows 10 settings then Accounts
    ==> On the left click on Sign-in options
    ==> At the bottom disable the option "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart".


    Source

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    Security Contributor.
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    1. Jojolaguitare Posted messages 12012 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 782
       
      Hi Bean

      For me, it's activated and has never caused this problem. However, further up (in the box), it’s disabled. It’s possible that if it's activated... not sure, but worth checking.



      @ the worried one >>> If the problem is relatively recent, a system restore to a date before this issue? It's worth a try.

      See you...
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      1. L'Inquiet Posted messages 324 Status Member 6 > Jojolaguitare Posted messages 12012 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        Oops! Jojolaguitare, I hadn't read your reaction to MisteryBean, sorry.
        But as you must have read, I got out of that mess by following the guidelines he was giving me, and it works. So Eureka!
        Thank you to all of you who help poor fools like me ;=))
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  2. jfmimi Posted messages 13734 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 929
     
    Hello
    simplely start your PC without being connected to the internet
    turn it off and see if you still have the message

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  3. L'Inquiet Posted messages 324 Status Member 6
     
    Thank you jfmimi, but of course that before calling on you for help I did this manipulation. And yes, this message still appears... any other ideas?
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  4. Jojolaguitare Posted messages 12012 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 782
     
    Hello.

    Check in the task manager if you have an application currently open. If so, click on "End Task" for that application, then close the manager and shut down your PC. But this is just a suggestion, so we'll see what happens next.

    See you later

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    " Patience leads to success, haste leads to nothing"
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  6. L'Inquiet Posted messages 324 Status Member 6
     
    To you too Jojolaguitare, thank you, but there too the action was taken before the last resort with you... I am dry too...
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  7. L'Inquiet Posted messages 324 Status Member 6
     
    And there you go! All it took was for you to arrive, MisteryBean, THANK YOU!!!
    As soon as I read it, I applied it, and it works!
    It's true that in this forest of parameters, finding the right one is a matter of luck for me.
    So thanks again, and I hope this will be useful to others.
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