Task Master? Is this a third party program you have installed or a process you are referring to in Windows 10?
Press Windows key + X
Click Task Manager
Process
Select the process
Click End Task
Can you then shut down?
Task Master Windows 10
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Anonymous
Task Master is running in background and preventing me from getting updates and shutting down normally. Help
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
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Anonymous
2018-02-23T01:02:03+00:00