If you actually read the post you would have seen I did a clean install.

If you actually read the post you would have seen I did a clean install.

It should be OK to turn this off (Option 2, #4-unchecked the box) if you only have W10 installed?

Download avastclear.exe on your desktop
Start Windows in Safe Mode
Open (execute) the uninstall utility
If you installed Avast in a different folder than the default, browse for it. (Note: Be...

Nope, not the culprit.
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I have a 240 GB OS drive that is not partitioned off.
I have plenty of room for necessary drivers and software.
Nvidia's crash reporting and telemetry might be considered bloat to some, and may...

Was a windows scaling issue.
I was set to 115%, this was the result with the Nvidia issue.
Fixed the Nvidia issue and the scaling corrected, icons work properly now.

Done ....

Windows auto update causes the Nvidia issue.

DL DDU and latest Nvidia update for your system to your desktop
Disconnect from the internet, LAN/WiFi.
Delete all Nvidia from 'Programs and...

Went in fine, had 3 bugs.
Now I have 2 bugs I'm chasing.
1st one is kinda amusing, I have a spot on my taskbar that hides the system icon.
Mouse click does nothing, it hides whatever is there....

Thanks for the help.
Time wise it went over the limit of a clean install.
Rather than continuing with this, I did a clean install.

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Bios is up to date.
Every driver is up to date.
All firmware is up to date.
Some drivers are beyond the MSI's releases as they are being handled by Windows Update.

DriverEasy gave me 72 updates...

AUDIODG.EXE is all over the internet, and very few real answers. Trial and error in most cases for a fix.
I suspect its 'Stopped Working' status is when the PC sleeps or most probably ...

63.1 GB Allocated ... 43.4% used.
MS forum suggested a clean install.
Not sure if repair or reinstall will be better.

Trim is on, I have set weekly, but W10 keeps going 9, 10, 14 days sometimes...

I love Avast.
I have been using it for well over 10 years, back to the LCARS skin.
I hate the pop ups .... Buy .... Buy .... Buy.
They own AVG, McAfee licences their proprietary driver.
They have...

Did the cmd line clean up.
DISM reported no problems.
Did the DSExplorer clean up. Repository went from 6GB to 1.2GB.
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WizFile kept 'Not Responding' ... Will try to keep using it as this...

1) W7 BU was put back into W10, it was removed from W8.
2) DEPRECIATED does not mean obsolete .... It works fine, it was returned to W10 from that reason.
3) W7 BU took a back seat to OneDrive,...

I have it, ran it, posted the results, not sure what to remove.
Some forums say delete the whole folder , some say only old versions of any particular driver.
Nvidia drivers are easy, the BT...

Ya ..... HERE: Driver Store-File Repository using huge disk space. How can I reduce - Microsoft Community

NO clear answer as to possibly deleting necessary drivers.
Yes, system restore .... Then...

My Windows backups go to G drive.
Only restore points on C.
Have you actuall read anything posted here?

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I don't know what you are asking.

One drive has been turned off, it was interfering with the W7 BU to my G drive....

ESD deleted.
SysReset deleted.
Windows~WS deleted.
There wasn't much in any of them, ESD had 0 bytes, didn't make any impact on the overall size.

Run code through command prompt as admin.Not...

Ran TreeSize as an Admin in the OP
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Ran chkdsk, no problems.
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Ran chkdsk /f, no problems found.

Done ...

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