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ucrdem

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13. You can get a "health report" from Windows Defender

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 01:08 AM

Oct 2017

that includes an option to "refresh" meaning wipe all the crapware off your drive and reinstall Windows. It's easy to get to through the icon in the system tray. I just noticed last night; apparently they've rejiggered Defender and it has some new features, more here:

Health report. Tells you if there are any issues impacting the device health, such as storage capacity, devices, battery, or ability to update to the most recent version of Windows. It also provides recommendations about steps you can take to resolve these issues.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012986/windows-defender-track-your-device-performance-health

p.s. refresh is now called Fresh Start:

Device performance & health also includes Fresh Start, which is a feature that helps you refresh your device by reinstalling and updating Windows—for example, if your device has performance issues or you have too many unnecessary apps.

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New Computer stress [View all] bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 OP

What in the world did you get? pangaia Oct 2017 #1

lol bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #4

A used system restored computer typically has a ton of updates to do. mn9driver Oct 2017 #5

This is a 2016 model and seems factory set for Mcaffee to scan every day bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #7

McAfee is the worst. Disable the realtime scans if you can. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2017 #2

Agree. McAfee is horrid. Get rid of it and install AVG. CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #6

I bought a new computer in January with Windows 10. SamKnause Oct 2017 #3

Please uninstall Macafee and report back to us. earthshine Oct 2017 #8

I deactivated active scanning and checked Task Manager bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #9

Removing Firefox helped speed up Edge Browswer a bit bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #10

Ran Malwarebytes which found a bunch of PUP slimware bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #11

Try uninstalling the Firefox extensions. earthshine Oct 2017 #12

You can get a "health report" from Windows Defender ucrdem Oct 2017 #13

ultimately i gave up on it bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #14

Good idea. ucrdem Oct 2017 #15