Hi HeM.

Update: I tried all of your suggestions without success unfortunately. Your third option did present corrupt files though.

However, I believe the issue was with a 3rd party app called...

Updated Win10 Pro to 1809 before file delete issues. Patch was applied last night.

In file explorer, in folders with large number of files, window will refresh back up to the top (approx every 5...

Hi Jackie.

When I clean installed it knew who I was from my account yet still would not activate.

I am installing Win7 again and will follow your advice.

Why doesn't MS give out keys like...

Apologies for the late reply.

I bit the bullet and performed a clean install. However, MS will not let me activate this version even though it was activated the first time.. I have not made any...

Thank you for the reply.

Looking at the logs, there is no mention of the app name causing the slow shutdown.
Not sure if the image helps. I may just resort to a clean install.

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PS....

I have recently upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10.

However, during a shutdown or restart, it takes 2-3 minutes for my computer to perform a fore mentioned.

I get the "Shutting Down" or "Restarting"...