dalchina

Fine.. in your opinion then if it was crashing and not after a restart, how would you suggest proceeding?

Thank you for your reply. If it's not crashing now, as a matter of routine run the usual integrity checks on your disk(s), file system...

Has this only just started to happen? What happened before that? - did you install/uninstall something? - was there some update? All...

And thank you for your reply. Your question should have been more specific, shouldn't it.

1. An in-place upgrade repair install (or upgrade) uses the same 'mechanism' as a major build upgrade. Windows.old is created, for...

Thank you. And your build number (sorry to have to ask again!) and most recent Windows update?

As and when you do recall what I said about NOT accepting updates as part of the process, ensuring you DON'T apply the update you have...

Note: Utilities like Open Shell, StartisBack are separate programs and typically have zero effect on the default Start Menu, If you...

Well that was fun. Once installed, after entering my pin, I had a black screen for several minutes before the desktop appeared and...

An easy consistent contextually relevant way to edit the thing would be... a dream :sleepy:. It won't happen. :(

If there's something that should work in Safe Mode that you can compare when using Safe Mode with Networking you could try that for...

Do the basics... which I hope you've already done as a matter of course. Check your disk(s) - Crystal Diskinfo.. failing disk could be...

And thank you for your reply. Could be you've answered your question.... See other points in my amended post. As for WU, that...

Hi, thanks, the only things that would normally delete restore points are either a feature update (build upgrade) or an in-place upgrade...

Await response to earlier suggestions. You need to work logically to solve problems. Thank you.