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Esme nha Maire · 03-07-2018, 07:13 AM

My PC is haunted by budgies. No, honestly, that's what it sounds like!

Last night, I played Civilisation V a bit, and the backround noises for the game include birdsong. Although it doesn't sound quite like typical UK birdsong, and when I thought about it, I was put in mind of a small flock of budgies that hadn't learnt any words from humans. a little tuneful, and quite sweet. Anyway, so I exited the game, and exited from Steam. Or rather, I had selected those options...

So this morning, when I ambled out of my bedroom I was surprised to note that there appeared to be birdsong coming from my lounge. Had I left a window open? No. Then I realised it was coming from my PC. checking the open desktops, no sign of Civ V, but the Steam window was still there. So I used Task Manager to kill the Steam process, which should have ended matters.

But no. STILL the budgies are twittering away.. carefully checking Task Manager, I see there's a rogue process accessing the audio systems, and there we are. Kill - no. Kill! No! Damned process will not die. I'll have to shut my PC down and restart it.

And yet I find myself strangely reluctant to do so.

My PC is haunted by budgies, and I love it!

03-07-2018, 07:13 AM	#7039
Esme nha Maire Member How Do You Identify?: Tomboyish eccentric antique femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 642 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,196 Thanked 2,089 Times in 541 Posts Rep Power: 19310768	haunted by budgies.. My PC is haunted by budgies. No, honestly, that's what it sounds like! Last night, I played Civilisation V a bit, and the backround noises for the game include birdsong. Although it doesn't sound quite like typical UK birdsong, and when I thought about it, I was put in mind of a small flock of budgies that hadn't learnt any words from humans. a little tuneful, and quite sweet. Anyway, so I exited the game, and exited from Steam. Or rather, I had selected those options... So this morning, when I ambled out of my bedroom I was surprised to note that there appeared to be birdsong coming from my lounge. Had I left a window open? No. Then I realised it was coming from my PC. checking the open desktops, no sign of Civ V, but the Steam window was still there. So I used Task Manager to kill the Steam process, which should have ended matters. But no. STILL the budgies are twittering away.. carefully checking Task Manager, I see there's a rogue process accessing the audio systems, and there we are. Kill - no. Kill! No! Damned process will not die. I'll have to shut my PC down and restart it. And yet I find myself strangely reluctant to do so. My PC is haunted by budgies, and I love it!