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A message claiming from Microsoft Security, error 2686B popped up. Claiming virus on my system (while downloading something).Insist.ed on calling 1800213922 assume in U.S. I then ran Malwarebytes, then Avira Luke Firewalker. Both clean. ' I then uninstalled/reinstalled Firefox v47. I...

This was covered in an earlier thread 'How to turn recycle bin delete confirmation off', but it was marked SOLVED. Not for me! I have the same problem as Fresh Daemon did there, where the solution was: some of his files were on SHARED (network) drives. But my setup is simpler: I have NO...

broe23: thank you for your response on such a small item, which I felt almost silly asking about. But Classic Shell didn't seem to cover it. And deleting single items also deleted the full-size icon on the Desktop. So I tried just rebooting. And to my surprise, that worked! Duh...

I was setting up my new machine, 8.1 plus Classic Shell. Tiny copies of every Desktop icon I had set up appeared in a block, to the right of the Taskbar. I had to switch off, and on rebooting later, I cannot find how to remove them!

I solved this myself and was just entering the 'mark solved' flag, and therefore saw the two new messages. 1) Thank you Lemasdtre. No, nothing produced anything on the screen except that blinking cursor. 2) Thank you Atomic77. No, I hit every key under the sun, then numerous combo-key...

I have an HP notebook, bought with Win 8, but not used for a year. Now being used. Installed Win 8.1 no problem. Anti-virus, and a few other programs, no problem. Yesterday Classic Shell (the popular 'bring back the Start menu' 3rd party item), again no problem. But today, after normal power...

foiled by system's insistence on updates Replying to Borg386, sorry for long delay. Your suggestions about rootkits etc., and from others, all made sense. But alas, now the machine refuses to get past trying, and failing, to finish installing updates! It looks as if I need to start from...

Avira Virus... Thank you Wullail for Safe Mode suggestion. Also X, a moderator - whose message appears to have been now removed. Unfortunately, and astonishingly, I was totally unable to get into Safe Mode. Because the system insisted on doing Updates first. As the machine had hardly been...

My antivirus license expired while the machine was disused for months. Before I could reactivate it, malware invaded: a browser address and search bar hijacker: SNAPDO.COM I have removed similar ones on another machine, using malwarebytes. But now this seems smart enough to abort the...

Vadikan: thank you for your further response. I have made no progress, so the owner had to fly away, taking her previous machine, and is now 10,000 km away. I will pursue that forlorn 3rd party purchase solution in a while.

Vadikan: thank you for prompt reply. Your questions answered as best as I can, sorry my original description was useless for you: Q."You don't have to be a restricted user to use modern apps. The condition is you can't be a built-in Administrator." A. Right, as noted after boot now, when I try...

I set up a new machine for a friend who is not at all technical. So as simply as possible for her: crucially, I didn't use any password during setup. Then ran Classic Shell to bypass hideous Metro interface. Installed various programs. All working okay. But on trying to use photo apps already...