Security update severe issues

Tony K said:

Hi there. To be honest that last paragraph is as brief as you needed to be. Sometimes systems get way beyond the repair point. Your choice, of course, but either reset it or clean install and just be done with it. It makes for a clean system instead of wasting valuable time trying to fix. Time saved really. I'd also stick with Defender. Wander over to the BSOD thread or through the forum threads to see how 3rd party AV breaks systems. Again, your choice.

Reset Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

Clean Install Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

Glad to see you use System Protection for restore points. Wise choice. Also, no need for any other backup software. Windows still has that included, which works great. Either of these two:

Create Windows Backup in Windows 10 Backup Restore Tutorials

Create System Image in Windows 10 Backup Restore Tutorials

Whatever you choose to do, good luck.

Tony K

Windows Backup and Restore is being deprecated.

simrick said:

Windows Backup and Restore is being deprecated.

True, but it still works (for now) in Fall Creators Update. Still, when the time comes that it is removed, there's another TenForums tutorial that @Tony K can refer to :)

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect

Bree said:

True, but it still works (for now) in Fall Creators Update. Still, when the time comes that it is removed, there's another TenForums tutorial that @Tony K can refer to :)

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect

I did that already in post #4.

Tony K said:

They've been saying deprecation since 10 was introduced. Still here, even in in Insider Previews.

I'm thinking MS is rewriting it just as they are CP to UWP Settings app and other features. Only time will tell, not opinions.

I'm quite sure the OP is capable of making his own decision.

Tony K

This sure doesn't sound like a re-write to me @Tony K.



https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ll-creators-up

Jordan333 said:

Thanks for all the info while I was asleep. Hard to use the quote system while I'm on a phone though, but all suggestions were helpful.

In regards to Tony k's advice, I have considered a clean install in the past but I have a few things stopping me from doing that, certain hardware I have will no longer work if I do that due to the way they recognise ownership.

I'll try my best to reply to all your points now simrick.

Yes, I"m sure it's difficult using a phone. No problem, we'll muddle through all right.

Jordan333 said:

So there are no bangs in device manager, I'm using a win10 that was upgraded from 7, yes I'm fairly sure the main account is an MSA, my system specs should be up to date on my profile now.

No bangs - good.
I'll mention something here, up front, about upgraded W7 systems, just so you are aware.
I have noticed that, of all the upgraded W7 or W8 systems I have worked on with problems, the majority of them were W7 upgrades. For some reason there is a lot of baggage that hangs around on W7>W10 upgrades; some were able to be fixed, and some not. In any case, there was never a problem found that couldn't be resolved with a clean install of W10. But, I realize you are trying to avoid this, so we'll move in that direction.

Jordan333 said:

I've disabled fast start up and turned the system off and back on. Funnily enough this got rid of a 3rd account which had created itself ages ago.

That does not surprise me.

Jordan333 said:

Ran troubleshooter and it keeps telling me there might be a problem with the driver for local area connection adapter, it's unable to resolve this issue however. Device manager does not seem to allow me to roll back the driver for the network adapter, perhaps I checked incorrectly though.

Okay I'm going to post some screen schots of what I need from you on the NIC in Device Manager. You can snap a pic with your phone and post in the thread. I have to identify the adapter in order to find you the correct driver.

Jordan333 said:

I have access to someone else's computer, I was thinking of maybe downloading drivers for my mobo from his system and installing them on mine?

Excellent. How easy it is for you to get hold of it? In other words, should we come up with a list of downloads that you can get all at once, so as not to bother the owner of that system too much?

Jordan333 said:

Edit - I think the adapter is realtek. My mobo is a gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3

I will have a look at your MB shortly. In the meantime, you'll want to run System information once again, for some information I will need.

So, are you going to turn System Restore on and create some new restore points for your new version? Or, are you going to hold off on that? You can hold off - I just need to know your decision.

I also will suggest running the SFC /SCANNOW at an Admin Command Prompt, to see what results we get.

Thanks.