Glad Neemo was able to fix your problem.
You should also be aware that Mint, Ubuntu, and other linuxes do not work on many government agency sites due to security restrictions. For example, DMV, Social Security, MediCal/Medicare, etc. along with some banking sites or commercial sites that require credit cards for transactions via SSL. Now, many folks don't use their computers to check those government sites, their HMO, or buy stuff on the Internet. And you may be one of those; incredibly folks still use the telephone for all of that. However, if you plan on being one who uses their computer for more than checking their E-mail, facebook, and playing solitaire on, don't think that Linux is going to be your salvation.
Linux has made great strides in the last 15 years or so since I started running it; and they finally figured out a way to make adding a simple peripheral user-friendly, whereas in the old days, that particular task required a PhD in computer programming to accomplish. When Windows doesn't work right, it's fine to be frustrated and we all get that--even us techs get our computers borked from time to time; we don't have to pay someone else to fix them and so it's not as big a deal to us as it is to you.
What a lot of our forum members are doing these days, is to add a 2nd Partition to their Hard Drive, or better yet, add a 2nd physical drive to their PC or laptop and run a dual-boot configuration. They can run a Linux-W10 system, and can select which OS they want to use each time their computer starts up. For instance you could run Linux (Mint) 90% of the time in this fashion, and still have a W10 partition on that same computer to fire up when you had to check something important on a government agency, online banking/credit card, or to make online purchases with.
Once completed, simply reboot and choose to go back into your Linux and resume working on your daily activities. Another thing we are suggesting to folks thinking about getting off windows is to buy or build a 2nd computer, which can be used or refurbished, and put Linux on that computer. When your Windows PC gets attacked and or locked up by a virus such as yours did, or suffers a catastrophic hardware failure such as a Hard Drive or RAM stick failure; you at least have a 2nd computer with which to do things.
Food for thought.
Best,
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