...and problem solved :party:
Mucho thanks for the help, Ztruker!

Been working with photo editor Irfanview for more than 15 years so the tool has become my third hand. But a recent updated version somehow woke the sleeping Microsoft dragon...
I installed Irfan and...

Okay, all markings are as I want them. Thanks, I'll switch the Solved on.

Ow, one more question. According to my view on computerlife I must be able to see in Regedit if these keys now show Off, right? Or aren't they featured there? Can't find them.

mrgeek & Bree, I did this. But with Enter nothing happened. So I'm not sure now if the prompts have gotten through.

I have good news too, just found a Taskbar message from 50 minutes ago that Back...

Ok, I did. But I can't enter the prompt! Is that normal? I decided to simply click it shut.:p

mrgeek,
When regedit opens, I can't type in anything. Except in the key files, I know I can make certain changes in those keys. But which HKEY and subsection do I need to make this change? I've...

bro67,
This is unknown territory for me... OK, I prompted powercfg, the command immediately closed after enter, no confirmation, no file, no Windows directory overview. I mean, when I type...

Gordon7, I'm not sure if I understand this. I have to delete a hibernate file? I never work with hibernation/sleepmode, I log out and log in... Okay , I'll fill in all the specifics but have look up...

After the latest updates (2 days ago) I got the message that backing up & synchronizing in Edge is no longer possible because the map Desktop cannot be traced, and would I be so kind to "Search or...

You're right, sorry, the culprit wasn't in Settings and Partone was an extension. My Home Page config had nothing to do with it.
Btw, I tried to look it up; 'Partone 0.1', but got no results. Still...

Found it.
All the time I was searching in Edge, just now I saw at the bottom of the Google Chrome add-on list

Have no idea what it is, but it was checked. I unchecked it, and my searches went...

dalchina,
There is no Yahoo Toolbar and the extensions/add-ons overviews are empty. As yet I haven't even activated a Bookmarks bar.
It's also odd because I never searched with Yahoo, I haven't...

@CW Gilley,
Nothing to see there. I mean, my ME is like a virgin, to speak with Madonna. I never used it so far.
dalchina,
"Tool Bar cleaner = Unsafe", courtesy Norton Security...
And what is...

Bree, that's what I did. Must admit, it was the trial version.
Okay, I'll give all options a go.

I did all that, MAMC.
Yesterday I discovered Yahoo in the Chrome settings and removed it. All there is left now is the Google engine, and it's marked Default. I don't know if Edge has its own config...

Hi guys (and gals),
Google is my default homepage, but when I type in a search term, I get the Yahoo Search results page. I don't want Yahoo Search!
I removed it from Chrome Settings (it was there...