anniversary

  1. Bitlocker Free AV

    I recently installed Bitdefender Free AV to test it out and so far I'm pleased. It's already corralled two potentially malicious items. ( My setup: Toshiba laptop. Windows 10/64, Anniv edition) Any comments from the Forum on this program?
  2. Windows 10 Unsure if I'm running Anniv. Edition

    Hello again. Sorry to keep pestering you guys, but you've been so helpful. Here's a minor problem: I recently restored my computer to an earlier date (12 Dec.), which fixed a problem with Cortana. Now, when I look at "system"all it tells me is that I'm running Windows 10 Home. Previously, as I...
  3. Windows 10 Maximizing Battery Longevity on Toshiba Satellite Laptops: Best Practices for Charging and Usage

    I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop, L55 series, Windows 10 Anniversary OS. This laptop, and my previous Toshiba, stops battery charging at 80%. I imagine this promotes battery longevity. That being the case, is it desirable to regularly run on battery only until it's almost run down, or does that...
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    Windows 10 Apps won't open and anniversary upgrade won't install

    Hello, I have a problem with my Dell Inspiron N7110 with Windows 10 Pro x64. First of all, when I installed the anniversary update, the computer updated and restarted. But when it booted up, lines of script came on the screen that said that the watch dog service was starting up (or something...
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    Windows 10 Apps won't open and anniversary upgrade won't install

    Hello, I have a problem with my Dell Inspiron N7110 with Windows 10 Pro x64. First of all, when I installed the anniversary update, the computer updated and restarted. But when it booted up, lines of script came on the screen that said that the watch dog service was starting up (or something...
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    Windows 10 Anniversary update problem

    I have tried multiple times to upgrade my Windows 10 (Build 10240) Dell XPS8900 PC to the anniversary edition only to have the update fail with the error 0x80073B92 – 0x20009. It says the system failed in the safe_OS with an error during prepare_rollback operation. I get the message when the...
  7. Windows 10 Chrome is Back!

    Hi Just posting to say that when I logged in today I found that Chrome had been reinstalled. As I posted before it didn't work with the anniversary update on my computer. I didn't install it so I have no idea how it got reinstalled, it just appeared on my desktop. But the good new is that so...
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    Windows 10 windows 10 64 bit size question

    Hi all.I bought a new Asus 403 laptop with Windows 10 64 bit.32 GB ssd. figured windows 10 would be about 5 or 6 GB, programs the same. would leave me between 15 to 20 GB to play around with, hook up extra usb drive for storage/update etc. Anniversary update problems from the get go. not enough...
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    Windows 10 Email - Edge Converting PDF to .dat

    Yesterday Microsoft downloaded Windows 10 anniversary update. Since then, when I email a pdf file, the recipient opens the file and it is converted by Edge to a .dat file - which can't be opened by the recipient. I sending mail by Outlook 10, HTML Format, and I check the properties of the PDF...
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    Windows 10 Anniversary update issue

    Beginning with the anniversary update (and all subsequent updates) my computer will not restart during the updating process. All I get is the loading icon at the bottom of the screen with a black background. Eventually I have to force the computer to shutdown (often more than once) before it...
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    Windows 10 Have I disabled Cortana?

    I'm having a bit of a weird experience. Since people have said that Cortana can't be easily disabled after the anniversary update to W10, I decided to Google how to do it. In the first page I found, some symptoms of having Cortana enabled were listed, I noticed that I was suffering none of...
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    Windows 10 I am curious?

    I have the version of Windows 10 580.545 I believe. Will I ever see it in the Updates to be downloaded to the new Anniversary edition? Thanks.
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    Windows 10 MsMpEng running all my apps at once on boot

    Since installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update, booting has been slow and the PC is sluggish for a while. As soon as I could get Task Manager open I saw C: had 100% utilisation. I ran Resource Monitor and saw that MsMpEng apparently had a long list of my installed programs running at the...
  14. Windows 10 Hardware & Software issues in Windows 10 Pro Anniversary Update

    I did a clean install of Windows 10 Pro Anniversary x64 last week and I'm having numerous issues with it. I can't find any Memory.dmp or Mini.dmp files anywhere in the C:\Windows folder and was hoping somebody could check my msinfo32.zip file. Issues I'm having: Hardware: magicJack install, but...
  15. Windows 10 Update i5 1gb windows anniversary

    I how and to solve this problem.... Tks
  16. Windows 10 No access to Nvidia Control Panel?

    Hi One thing that's been consistent for a long time is that Nvidia Control Panel, (how I set my color settings for Windows) has always been available from the drop down menu on the desktop. Now it's not only not there, I can't find any link to it in All Apps or anyplace else. I haven't found...
  17. Windows 10 Anniversary Update Issues: Slow Performance and Taskbar Problems

    Hi My computer updated to Anniversary last night and there are some big changes right off the bat. For one thing my computer is running really slow, and the taskbar keeps hiding itself and I can't find anyplace to turn it off. When I right click in this window the drop down window does not...
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    Windows 10 Are Microsoft's Windows 10 ISO copies up to date?

    I want to do a fresh install next year and don't want to have to do the Windows 10 anniversary update again and the other ones.
  19. Windows 10 Download Windows 10 Build 14393.10 Anniversary Update

    We have important information for those who want the August 2nd release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update today! UPDATE! OFFICIAL MICROSOFT DOWNLOAD SITE HERE: Link Removed The first option will upgrade your system. The second option will allow you to download the updated Windows Media Tool...
  20. Windows 10 Well, it's going to be a busy week!

    Hi The last week before it's too late to install Windows 10. I'm creating a backup image of my wife's computer right now, then I'm going to upgrade her computer. Several of my friends have also decided that it's time for them to catch up as well, so I'll have to make the rounds and supervise...