Hi Bill, thanks again. I normally install Avast Internet Security because I think it is more complete and thus may provide more "security" than...
Hi Retairedlearned and Evan Omo, thanks for your help. I haven't actually switched off Windows Defender after installing Avast, so I will do...
Thanks again, Bill. I have made an amendment to my post above in order to provide some more details that may be helpful and also avoid confusion....
Hi Bill, thanks for your quick reply. I only have one single account (administrator) on my computer. After the recovery process, I removed the...
Hi guys, I write to give you some feedback about the outcome. I restored the system to factory settings and installed all the Windows automatic...
Hi Neil, many thanks for the link. However, I cannot see that any of the codes for the updates included in your link match the codes of the ones...
Hi retiredlearner, thanks for your answer. The issue has to do apparently with some Windows updates recently installed automatically on my laptop:...
Thank you, Evan Omo, that's very kind.
Hi Evan Omo. Thanks again for your feedback. I should also mention that the Recovery disks I have I believe they are created from the data stored...
Thank you, Evan Omo, for your help. My computer is a Sony, so I actually follow the steps indicated by the Sony application (Vaio Care) which...
Hi Bill. Thanks. It is not possible to get access to a Windows 7-like menu on Windows 8.1 unless you install it. The Menu you get by pressing the...
Hi Bill, thanks again for your feedback. I really appreciate your help. Windows 8.1 does not have a Start menu as Windows 7, for example, where...
Hi Bill, thanks for your answer. Yes, I did select Programs and features (Uninstall) and did not select View installed updates. I have not...
Hi Evan, Yes, the apps displayed in Program and Features (Uninstall) - such as Adobe, Avast, Malwarebytes, WinRAR, Windows apps, Realtek, Sony...
Hi everybody, I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop. To my surprise (it never happened this to me before), I recently noticed that most apps on...
Hi Bill, thanks again for your quick reply. Your feedback has triggered a couple of more questions (hope you don't mind): 1. When I look in my...
Hi Bill, thank you very much for your answer. Now I can understand clearly how optimisation works in Windows 8.1. I assumed that defragmentation...
Hi Bill, thank you for your input. That's a relief to a certain extent for me since I have Windows 8.1 installed on my laptop, which prevents from...
Thank you for your reply, Arie. There is something which called my attention in your article when you say that there is "NO evidence that the...
Hi SpywareDr, thanks for your feedback. I had a quick look at it and it really contains useful information about how Windows deals with SSDs;...
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