Well, considering I am working with roughly 50% of my PC, I can only hope SR1 will do the trick. I have tried just about everything I've seen in these forums, and still have the following issues:
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Your "solution" is worthless: it is like saying, "But you DID close the barn doors before all the animals got out, right?" The fact is I did not make an OS backup, nor did the way in which MS...

Thank you very much for responding, and I've un-installed Avast. Problems persist exactly as I described, but thank you for trying to help. I really appreciate it.

I have several of the above issues, PLUS:

- My photos do not automatically open, so I have to right-click and use Windows Media
- My Edge does not work
- I can't update my programs
- I have to...