😂 Windows 10 programs all jumpy 😂
On 5/25/2018 8:38 PM, *️Good Guy*️ wrote:
On 26/05/2018 01:16, Steve wrote:
On 5/25/2018 5:47 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 25/05/2018 22:32, Steve wrote:
My thanks for doing all that is that my computer is all jumpy again.
Firefox works but jumps from one part of a web page to another, then
back where it was supposed to be.
Just cut the crap and reformat the Hard Disk and start again.
Alternatively reset your machine to factory settings and your OEM
must have given you instructions how to do it.
You can use the Microsoft tools to get back to business.* To do this
go to:
Settings Update & Security Recovery
Now on the right-Hand-Side Windows you will see a link that says
Restart.* Click on it and after the machine has restarted, you'll get
various options how to reset your machine.
There is no need to cry for days on a public newsgroup when you
should have done this within an hour when you found your machine is
compromised.* Even for jobless nutters there is no excuse to waste
time about this.
Good luck.
I'll try to be brief.
I wouldn't consider myself to be crying on a public newsgroup. I just
wanted to be sure I was taking the best path. This morning, I
concluded that doing a reset was probably the next best thing to try.
Earlier, I was looking right at the "keep my files" option for doing a
reset, but I didn't click it. I had a question, and that was going to
be the new topic I mentioned earlier. I better do it now while things
are working:
Just once before have I done a "keep my files" reset and that was when
my nephew asked me to help him with his laptop (imagine that). He had
a machine that came with windows 10 in the first place. Mine is an
older desktop that came with windows 7 originally. I still have a
partition that contains the original OS. I would really hope and
assume that if I reset my computer, it stays with Windows 10. Yeah, I
do feel stupid for asking that, thank you very much.** :-)
OK let me suggest one more thing and it is completely non-destructive.
The trick is to create a new Windows Profile. This is not some fancy
term that people can't understand.* Windows Profile means creating a new
user on the same machine.* After creating a new user account, use that
to see if the problem is still there.* If the problem has disappeared
then you know that your old profile is corrupted and so the only way is
to repair it (if you want to keep the same username) or continue using
the new account you just created.* You need to copy your old files -
documents, photos, videos etc from the old corrupted account to the new
account.* That is all.
Once you are all setup, you can delete the old corrupted account from
your machine.
Does this sound a better way to test your machine before reformatting or
resetting it?* Let us know.
OK don't cry if this doesn't sound a good idea.* People have funny ways
of doing things without knowing that in computers there are many ways to
change a background image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I created a new Windows Profile and tried it. It did no better
than the main profile. The odd thing was, the new profile had 7 icons on
the desktop. Recycle bin and Microsoft Edge were no surprise, but the
other 5 shouldn't have been there. Things like Firefox, MozBackup,
Winamp, and spybot s&d. KenW had a suggestion, but I don't think I'm
able to do that one.
Maybe this evening, I'll go on with the "keep my files" reset.
That reminds me, you never did assure me that a Windows 10 reset keeps
Windows 10 and will not revert to Windows 7 where this computer started.
(Oh great. This refuses to send. Trying again.)
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