I have an IMAC G5 running OS X 10.3.9. I am unable to shut my system down without using the power button at the back. This computer has been a bit of a lemon having gone through 4 logic boards already and I can't get this program/application off of my computer. The program is called .ComcastBoot and when I try to shut down the computer, it pops up in the top applications bar and will continue to time out. I can't force quit it or anything. Has anyone seen this before?
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How do I remove en executable script that won't allow my computer to shut down?
- Thread starter Hockeynut17
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Before turning the computer off locate "ComcastBoot" using the Find command in the Finder. Move "ComcastBoot" to the Trash.
Then shutdown the computer.
An application can't run from the trash, and that should short-circuit it and let you restart and trash it once and for all.
Then shutdown the computer.
An application can't run from the trash, and that should short-circuit it and let you restart and trash it once and for all.
There is an icon in the bottom toolbar that looks like a script. The only time this application becomes present is when I try to shut my computer down. I have tried to force quit it and it will spin until it times out.
Where is the activity monitor?
This problem has been here for quite a while, at least a couple of years. My computer was out of commission for the last two years due to the logic board issues.
Better yet, first try booting into Safe Mode and trashing the file.
Restart and hold down SHIFT until the desktop comes up.
Yes. It sends me to the home application that has my name as a label. I can't find it anywhere in there. When I click on it when it is located at the top of my screen, it says it is a script application.