Recent content by Brad1138

After reboot :) Thanks all

I don't think so, only if it installed itself. I just looked, "Google Drive" was installed the same day I installed the SSD... :unsure: (but no Sync) When I launched "Google Drive", it fixed the icon and created a new drive with that icon. So it looks like it was Google messing things up...

Also, no.

Thanks, I bought it from NewEgg, it came in sealed factory package. Western Digital BLACK SN850X NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2XHE - Newegg.com There are no hidden files. Crystal Disk Info shows it to be new.

Just in case this is useful...

I bought a new M.2 drive (1 TB WD_BLACK). After installing it, instead of the standard icon hard drives usually get, it got the Google Drive icon. If it's just an icon glitch, I'll just change it, but I want to make sure it isn't something more (I hate Google Drive). Any idea what's up and why...

For all that speed, pages can still load a bit sluggishly...

I run sfc /scannow fairly regularly just to be safe, rarely does it find an issue. Would it hurt to run Dism commands also?

OK, "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" seems to have done it. That is a handy tool. Thanks

Sorry, my ADHD and dyslexia can be obnoxious ;) , I stopped reading after the SFC part. I am running the 2nd part now.

Sorry, I forgot to mention, I did that as well. It found a few errors and repaired them. I then rebooted but it didn't help. I just ran it again, no errors.

I checked for updates less than an hour ago, I found a system update was available, so clicked update. Now the computer is crawling... Just clicking "my computer" takes up to a minute to complete. The login PW screen takes over 10 seconds to open and process, the program launch icon takes over...

I have a folder I dump all my Cellphone photos into before sorting. There are over 2,000 photo's in it currently. Every time I access the folder for the 1st time after a reboot, it has to re-acquire all the thumbnails... which takes a bit. Win 10 did not do this. It is the same with all folders...

Not bad for $65/month (Those Fiber upload speeds are incredible though!)

This might be the answer to blocking the unwanted installs. https://www.lifewire.com/stop-automatic-installation-windows-11-apps-5323833