Why don't you just use Defender AV which is builtin W10?? (see MrBill's signature). W7 you will need a third party AV because support has finished...
As MrBill has suggested, I would try AVG Free.
Thank you Bill once again for an excellent explanation. If Alan's problem was "normal" operation on Startup - I feel sure there would be millions...
Hope I helped but do stay safe and follow the rules.
All good things come to he who waits. ;)
Wonder whether this is worth a look: https://www.diskinternals.com/partition-recovery/initialize-disk/
Are Graphics drivers up to date? From NVIDIA? Did you use the Troubleshooter in W10? Settings > Update and Security > Troubleshoot > Additional...
Hi FuzMic, I would use ADW cleaner to clean out any odd stuff and then try another AV program. https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/ W7 used...
What you are reluctantly saying is that it pays to keep updated? ;)
Thanks for your followup.:)
FWIW, all my comps are running W10 (Home & Pro 64bit) Version 20H2 OS Build 19042.630 and I have not experienced any problems. ;)
Thanks Doc. Seems MS have done something as it hasn't occurred recently.;)
Hi Robert, Because it's a digital download that I used, I can put the D/L on another drive for a backup in case I have any problems. Don't need a...
I purchased Office Home and Student 2013 which was a digital purchase. I paid for and received the 25 digit key code by email. I went into...
I agree Evan, An SSD and max out the RAM as 2GB's is light for 64bit W10.
After you've given it a more thorough read I think it explains how best to get on top of MS auto updates.;)
Christer, Read ALL of this link and see about how to squirrel away a clean copy of 1909....
My biggest problem is the random security sign ins that MS is doing. All I want to do is Start the comp and use it and when MS says my Password...
I've had this occur several times and it really gets up my nose. This happened again today with my HP Notebook which I had been using about an...
Settings > Apps > Default Apps > Mail > Thunderbird? If so, I'm out of ideas.
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