Compumind
I've done a back-to-factory-settings reinstall so my laptop reverted to the state it was in when delivered to me. I've reinstalled all my software so everything is now fine.

dalchina

I agree wholeheartedly. I've been using Reflect on another computer for some time. As far as the recovery is concerned I am making disk images after every major change.

Try3
Well that's useful to know. However I had already decided that I would execute the recovery operation to reset my pc to its factory state. I'd put all my programs' installers and data on an...

"Does Ctrl+Shift+Esc work?" - no.
"sfc /scannow" - done this and no errors reported
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" - there is no entry for System in...

My profile is out of date. I have Win 10 Pro so I should, hopefully, be alright. I'll change my profile :-)

Thank you for that. I still have windows.old (created on 14 June) so 'go back to previous' seems my best option as I want to keep all my already installed programs.
I ran HDTune and there were no...

Thanks but I have already tried the steps outlined in your first option to no avail.
I think I might have a seriously corrupted Windows 10 - no idea how. I am reluctant to do a complete recovery...

Doing Ctl-Alt-Del brings up the blue screen with Task Manager as the last option. Clicking on it removes the blue screen but does not launch Task Manager. I can run Task Manager using Window + Run...

This is a new laptop with W10 Pro 1903 - only had it a week - and now I'm getting this error code trying to check for updates.

I've tried running DISM and sfc /scannow which both report no errors...

Jimbo: Virtual PC 2007 may be obsolete but it runs fine under Windows 7 and, yes, I know VMWare Player is free - I'm using it as I stated in my post :) . I thought that XP Mode might not run - I just...

I have 2 laptops running Windows 7 Pro. On both of them I have VMWare Player and Virtual PC 2007. On one of them I have additionally installed Windows XP Mode.

When I run the Windows 10...