Seeing as how this issue had presented itself, & I am off work recovering from surgery, I thought I would take the opportunity to give my PC area a major spring-clean. It was on my to-do list for...

Hello,
Firstly, I am not an expert -or anywhere near it- when attempting to diagnose OS issues, so any responses with technical instructions will most likely go over my head.

Since I updated my...

The disc I originally used was the one I setup to install W10x64 onto my HTPC when I first completed the free upgrade.

Don't know why it failed miserably to install this time. Only thing I can...

Hi Ken,

To let you know, I tried downloading the US version of W10Pro, using the MediaCreationTool, to a USB stick. It installed perfectly fine, with network adaptor configured & internet working....

Ken,

Managed to make some time to try & sort this issue out.




Tried this. But when I entered 'settings>network and internet' there was no 'network reset'.

Hi Ken,

thanks for your quick response. I am not in a position to immediately attempt the recommendations you have listed just now. I will do it in bites, as time is at a minimum. But will come...

Hello,
This is the basic history of events:
Yesterday, my existing motherboard failed -an old Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L variant, running a Core2Duo E8400. I researched and bought a Gigabyte...

Hi,

No need to apologise. As stated, I do thank volunteers like yourself for the internet work you do.

Here's me thinking it would be a simple matter to accomplish. Something to do with taking...

Thanks for the thorough run-through.


But apparently it is OK to have the paid version of any programme to bypass UAC for access? If so, why not any programme's free variant?


Because I want...

Thanks for the fast replies. I know of both those suggestions.

I don't want to compromise security by disabling the UAC completely. As someone who suffered a ransomware attack on my media streamer...

Hi,

Been trying to sort this out, but no luck with my searching.

I am using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free. Everytime I attempt to use the conttext menu to scan a file, I get the UAC prompt,...

OK. Back to basics, as a responder to one of the threads on this site recommended.

Removed all cards & reinstalled OS again: Same issue.

I had an old Asus 9500GT card in storage which I...

Hi,

Hope someone can assist.

Last Saturday my bedroom HTPC came down with a bad case of Cerber {ransomware: thanks Russian knobs}. As it was only a basic media streamer I decided to just wipe...