Posted on 06/06/2025 2:39:55 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
Not sure what to make of this, perhaps people more knowledgeable about computers than I can add some insight:
I opened up my Lenovo laptop, I had not shut it down over night, just closed the screen. I could faintly hear music and some background noise. It sounded as if I was listening to a phone, that had been left off the hook with the line open.
I had no programs running. I then shut down and restarted. Problem went away.
I do subscribe to a computer help system that has in the past come into my computer to resolve issues through a program they use. This has not occurred for several weeks and only three time in the last two years.
Not enough information to remotely offer ideas.
Have you tried sprinkling it with holy water?
Fair comment, what else can I add that would be helpful?
(Well, more like three ghosts in the machine).
A browser that you didn’t know was open?
If it happens agains start up Task Manager and look at what is running and if there is anything that is unfamiliar to you.
My first suspicion would be a pop up ad.
Sounds like the flux capacitor has gone haywire.
Maybe it’s simply the fact that you post on this site?
It really depends on the features of the laptop.
Some shut off when you close the lid. Others just go into “sleep” mode, but are still on under the radar. Some music programs still play in sleep mode.
Could be any of these.
If you were using a program with that music, it is likely that part of the gram didn’t shut down. I find that happens on occasion. In that case, you’d have to enter task manager and shut it down manually.
Something else to check is if another device connected through bluetooth.
Heh heh. Yep. That sounds about right.
“My first suspicion would be a pop up ad.”
Yeah, they don’t put much effort into having them close correctly.
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The Alexa app? There for a while she was playing music unprompted.
“Alexa, turn the music off.”
Alexa: “Make me.”
Honestly, some child program that was playing music (and keeping your notebook awake) got disassociated with its parent program - never heard the message to die - probably random cosmic ray hitting the right bit.
It’s just one of those things when a bunch of random programs are running does something that some other thing that no one ever envisioned.
(Developed notebooks from back in the windows 3.1 days)
So you installed the ex-wife version of Alexa?
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