I didn't think I had any choice but to force shutdown. It seems like some sort of Vaio programs are running in the background. But then, if I leave it alone, eventually it shuts down on its own, so I'll try that. I had no idea about the registry being flushed (largely because I don't know what that means). I wonder if that explains they mounting difficulties over the years.
I went through the list in the PDF. Most of the items did not appear in services.msc.
I did defer start for PMBDeviceInfoProvider.exe
I did disable VCService.exe, VSNService.exe and VUAgent.exe.
None of the other items appeared.
I went through the list in the PDF. Most of the items did not appear in services.msc.
I did defer start for PMBDeviceInfoProvider.exe
I did disable VCService.exe, VSNService.exe and VUAgent.exe.
None of the other items appeared.