Dalchina, thanks for your input.

This laptop is really a plaything - it has nothing of great value installed - I use it to browse and listen to music on YouTube - and for trying out various...

I am trialling Macrium Reflect v8.0.7690 - again. I've tried Macrium before but never been really happy with it as I found the interface very confusing - too much information, too many options... ...

Thanks Ghot and Dalchina for your advice.

Mention of the ‘in-place upgrade’ brings me out in goosebumps. I did one a couple of years ago and had to psyche myself up before hitting the button –...

I’m having problems downloading and installing Windows updates and running scans on my W10 10.0.19045 Dell Optiplex 5050. This is a recent problem.

I’ve downloaded, saved,unblocked and ran...

After a lot more head scratching I’ve finally been able to clear the two-Dell-splash-screens-at-boot-up issue in my Latitude 7490.

This involved resetting what Dell call the RTC – the Real Time...

I went ahead and selected Restore Settings in UEFI and chose BIOS defaults from the drop down menu (see enc) then Exit. I would normally make a note of any previous settings before changing things as...

RickC said
>>> When in the BIOS/UEFI, do you not have a Load Defaults button under Settings > General > System Information? <<<
I don’t have a ‘load defaults’ at the bottom of that screen but I do...

dalchina said:
>>> What's the time interval between the two splash screens? <<<
It can vary as can the time the Dell splash stays on screen, when I turned the laptop on and off a few times now the...

Yes it's always been slow and I've lived with that - the two splash screens don't seem to help!

As you say - analysing a slowish boot sequence is a 'whole other ballgame' .
Maybe, just maybe if I...

Dalchina – thanks for the MS link referencing the Windows Boot Manager – way above my head I’m afraid …

Some further information.
The Laptop is running with a Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2. I have...

Dalchina said - See e.g. post #2 here:
Command Prompt didn't recognize one of the commands

>>> (You can find things like that by searching tenforums.....) <<<
My apologies – I should spend more...

Thanks Dalchina and FreeBooter,

I ran StartUp Repair this morning and copied the results txt file to my other pc so I could print it out and and look through it carefully. Basically the result of...

When I boot up my Latitude 7490, the DELL splash screen appears twice. This is something that never used to happen and I suspect it may slow down the boot up time. The laptop is running Windows 10...

Dalchina - I was hoping you wouldn't agree with me but as you say it's looking like a hardware issue...

Helmut - Thanks also for your input - and confirmation...

I've opened up a few laptops...

Hello dalchina - thanks for your reply.

<<< boot to BIOS
<<< boot to Safe Mode
-<<< boot to Advanced Startup Options

I tried the three suggestions you made. Nothing's different. Neither the...

Hi,

My grand daughter asked me to have a look at her Samsung laptop a couple of days ago. She said it was just taking ages to do anything and I thought that maybe a quick sweep with MalwareBytes...

Denis - my apologies again for the late reply.

A really nice day yesterday and the lady of the house dragged me away from the laptop to help her with some gardening. I'm partially sighted and...

Thanks again Denis.

I disabled the lock screen, now the laptop wakes up to the log in screen - at least I'm half way there!!! All I need is to be able to disable that now.

I have two Dell...

Thanks again for all your inputs. Not being a computer whiz kid I sometimes have to go away and sit in a dark corner and think, hence my slow reply...

Denis - I followed your mail and agree that...

Thanks to all who responded - so quickly!

The jury is still out - well in my case anyway, as to whether to re-install with a Dell W10 image or a copy of W10 downloaded directly from Microsoft.
...

Thanks Paul for the quick reply...

In this case I had just fitted a blank Samsung M.2 NVMe so there was no .Net software - or anything else on it...

(sorry I omitted to include a title in my...

Hi,

Recently when preparing to download a copy of the system recovery image (W10) from Dell for my Latitude 7490 I read the following:-

What you need:
Service Tag of the Dell computer on which...

Porthos - thanks again for your mail.

I have posted on the Malwarebytes forum as you suggest so hopefully someone may be able to help...
...

Porthos - thanks for your input.

I never seem to have turned this off before. However I did so this morning - and the problem remains...
In 'Security at a glance' it says 'Virus & Threat...

I use Malwarebytes regularly but like to do the occasional scan with Microsoft Defender. Recently however I don’t seem to be able to do that. When I go to Settings – Update & Security - Virus &...