It's annoying that it takes a day or so to manifest itself. Now that I've delinked the MS account, it should tell me that if there is anything untoward with my normal apps. These appear to run OK...

thanks, I'll check out this when it next happens.

So I've reverted to snapshot of an earlier time. The earliest one is before I created the local account so I reverted to one from the 4th. I've...

Not actively - there is another machine which was, but hasn't been turned on for a long time.


Thanks - I'll have to see if that will work. there is an available restore point from two days...

So, following on from my above posts , I created a fresh Local Microsoft Account to operate from a week ago.
All the problems with lost menus/File permission problems disappeared and I could use all...

my personal data is well backed up - but system drive, not so much :-)
But I always figured I can do a clean reinstall for that...



LOL - Asteroid strikes are the worst...

Thanks for the links. This could be why I rejected disk imaging when I sorted my backup strategies all those years ago! It's too far back for me to remember :-)

Sounds good - does Macrium Reflect work in a straightforward way with my fully bitlocker encrypted home drive?



No worries there, I have my personal files on a separate internal SSD. Files are...

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the replies, and suggestions. I've now got some more avenues to pursue.

I tried sfc /scannow which didn't highlight any problems:
Windows Resource Protection did not...

Hi Everyone,

I've been wrestling with a Windows 10 problem since November of last year, and it's really starting to get to me…

Here's the problem:

I generally leave my PC on all the time....

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