mike13

Update. Today I clicked on Settings, and the Update & Security. When I did that the computer jumped back to the Desktop. I tried this about 4 times, same result. Then I tried to do a RESTART. I got a message that TASK HOST MANAGER was running and was preventing the restart. I think I then clicked on Restart anyway. It took the computer about five minutes to finally Restart. . After the restart, everything was fine again. Any suggestions before I do a format and reinstall Windows 10. Thanks, Mike

Sometimes I have a problem opening, File Explorer, Updates and Security, and the DVD player won’t start when I put a DVD in it. If I click on File Explorer, it will eventually open maybe in a minute or two, but normally it opens instantly. I noticed that when this occurs, I also can not Update and Security. The page opens, but I can not open any of the items on the left side of the screen such as Windows Updates, Windows Defender, Backup , Activation, or For Developers. At this same time, if I open the DVD player and put a DVD in it, it will not open the program or whatever is on the disc. There may be other items that will not open / work, when this problem occurs, but these are the ones I notice. At this time, I CAN get on the internet with no problem, I can open Outlook 2016 and get my emails with no problem. It “SEEMS” like everything else works properly except these three items. The rest of the time the computer with Windows 10, runs great. It boots to the desktop in 25 seconds. It is a new Dell Optiplex with the I7 4790 processor. It came with Windows 8.1, but I did a clean install to Windows 10 back on Feb. 12th. When these problem occurs I check Task Manager, and everything looks OK there. It seems like this problem occurs the first hour or so after I start the computer, but not 100% sure of that. I have removed Malwarebytes Premium thinking that was the problem, no luck. I have check my update history after the problem goes away to see if there was a huge update downloading, but nothing. I am ready to do another clean install to Windows 10, but I am afraid the problem will be back. I can’t understand why 90% of the computer works great at this time, and only File Explorer, Windows Update, and the DVD player won’t open the program or game etc. It seems like there is something else running somewhere, but like I said when I check Task Manager, there is really nothing out of the ordinary. In fact I have already checked Task Manager and the Hard Drive was at 100%, but the computer was fine. Everything opened properly. Totally confused. Any suggestions, please, Mike

jumper---Thanks for the reply. I am using EDGE, in windows 10. Not sure which version it is, but I usually have the NEWEST updates. I did not change any "setting". Not sure I know what you are referring to. What setting would you suggest I change. Mike

Tripredacus---Thanks for the reply. I just have a simple word document typed up, no colors or text formatting. I Highlight the words, Right click and choose COPY, then I go to the thread I started and right click and choose Paste, but nothing happens. I also get that message that you posted about "Because of your browser settings...." Mike

I wrote up a long description of my computer problem in Microsoft Word. I planned to do a Copy / Paste to a thread here, but I can't paste it here. If I click on that Word icon at the top that says paste from Word, I am able to get it posted to the "box that appears" but i can't get it posted to a thread I want to start. What am i doing wrong ? Thanks, Mike

I see my Favorites in Edge, but they are messed up...not in order, I see some folders, then single items, and then more folders. I had all my favorits saved to a flash drive, and then I copied them to the regular place I used to in Internet Explorer. Then I did the Import them to Edge. That worked for a while, then they got messed up again. Then i found out that Edge stores the favorites in another location, so I found that location, and copied them there. No good...still messed up. I Googled the problem, and it seems many people have the same problem with their favorites, some even disappear. At least I have them saved to a flash drive. Is there a solution to this Favorites problem, YET. Thanks, Mike

I have a screen shot saved as a Word document on my desktop, but do not know how to attach it here.

MTDirector...Thanks for the reply. I followed your instructions. When I came to Namespace, there were about 25 numeric and alpha items after it. At the botto of those 25 items I did see "DELEGATEFOLDERS", so I deleted it. I did not see any option to Save or anything, so I rebooted the computer. No change, I still see the flash drive listed twice. Any suggestions on what I did wrong ?

Update.....I tried another flash drive, and that flash drive is also listed twice in File Explorer. I then tried those two flash drives in another computer also running Windows 10. Same result. I then tried those two flash drives in the wife's computer running windows 8.1 The two flash drives only showed up once as they should. what is the problem with Windows 10 showing the droves twice ? Thanks, Mike

Running Windows 10 for a while, but now when I insert a 64 Gig flashdrive, I see it listed twice in File Explorer. I see this: ADATA UFD (L:), then I see the five folders that are on this flashdrive, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Music, and Pictures. Then there is a space, and then I see the exact same listing. I know the 5 folders take up over 43 Gig of space, so the folders can't be on the flash drive twice, since the flash drive is only 64 gig. suggestions please. Mike

Thanks Richie614a for the reply. mike

I am currently running Windows 8.1, along with the program called "Start Is Back". If and when I decide to upgrade to Windows 10, should I first remove "Start Is Back", or doesn't it matter ? Thanks, Mike

OK, thanks.

Update. I was finally able to get Outlook 2013 open. I was able to DELETE that Gmail account I had tried to setup. All is well now. I was interested in setting up a Gmail account because I was thinking about changing my Internet provider, but that fell through. So I will just keep my email address at my Internet Provider. Thanks, Mike

HELP... I Printed out the instructions at the link you furnished. I first opened up my Gmail account, and configured Gmail to work with Outlook, following steps 1 -5. Then I closed that and opened up Outlook 2013, and followed steps 1 to 15. At that point Outlook was supposed to TEST the connection. It did nothing but spin around for about 2 minutes, so I closed everything. Then I tried to open up Outlook 2013. A screen come up that says Internet E-Mail mjlw1230@gmail.com Enter your user name and password for the following server. SERVER. is filled in with imap.gmail.com USER NAME is filled in with mjlw1230@Gmail.com PASSWORD is filled in with xxxxxx There is a box that says Save this password in your password list, which I check. Then there are two boxes below. One says OK, if I click that box, the screen disappears for a second and returns. I tried this several times. Same result. If I click the other box that says CANCEL. the screen goes away, and I see a screen for Outlook, and it says loading profile or something like that, but it never finishes. After about 4 minutes I get the screen that starts with Internet E-Mail mjlw1230@Gmail.com. At this point, I would just like to open up Outlook and REMOVE that Gmail account, but I can't. Help please. Mike

Thanks jaclaz for the info. and the link. I will print out the instructions, and give it a try. Thanks again, Mike

I have been using Microsoft Outlook for years and I like the look of it. I am currently using Outlook 2013. I recently opened a gmail account, but I do not like the look of it. Can I use Outlook 2013 to get my g mails? Would it be as simple as opening up Outlook 2013 and then ADD AN ACCOUNT ?? Thanks, Mike

I would have no idea how to do that.

I have a Dell laptop N4110 that had Windows 7 on it. I now have Windows 10 on it. When I place the mouse on the battery icon on the taskbar, it says 100 % charged, 4 hours remaining etc. However if I remove the AC power, the screen goes screwy in about 10 minutes. All wavy and different colors etc. Is the battery going, or is it a Windows 10 problem. I looked on the Dell website, and it says that this computer is not supported with Windows 10. Suggestions please, Mike

Update.....I reset the computer. Lets see what happens.

Update...a few days before this problem it downloaded and installed Build 10532 with no problem. Now at the lower right side of the screen it says. "Windows 10 Home Insiders Preview Evaluation Copy Build 10532. Now sure if that helps or not. Mike

I tried that Windowsupdate.log thingy. Nothing..it said I need to get the Windows update log power shell or something. I tried several more times. The one time it told me there were problems etc to try later, and it gave me a code (0x800705b4). I searched that code and it seems to have something to do with Windows Defender. So I opened up Windows Defender and got a few updates for it. These updates went well. Then I tried that th-2 release code 10547 and still no go. I even disabled Windows Defender, still no luck. If I remember right back at the first time it found this update, it downloaded the update, and then I believe it asked me if I wanted to install it. I said yes, but thought that was different. I never remember being asked if I wanted to Install an update before. This Windows 10 is really starting to be a pain where the sun doesn't shine. For a while everything seems to go smooth and then things like this happens. Not a happy camper.

Thanks Tripredacus for the reply. Yes, I did the fee upgrade on this computer. All went well, and it did show activated. I then did the Clean install and all went well again, and it still shows Activated. I have received other downloads and they installed with no problem, but this one does not want to install. If I wait long enough I get a message to TRY LATER.

Windows 10 update found the above topic for my computer. It seemed to download the update, but it never got installed. It just tells me "Preparing to install updates" I have shut down the computer after leaving it on for an hour and when I come back and check for updates etc. I see the same message. I see no activity lights on the computer doing anything. Any one else got this message about TH_2 Release Core 10547 ?? Thanks, Mike

Currently using Windows 10 on my test computer. Everything seems to work pretty good so far. However, when I click on EDGE, it does go to my HOME page that I have set up as expected. I also got the word HOME up in the top left corner. But when I go to another site such as CNN or whatever, and then click on the word HOME, it does not go back to my Home site. It says something like "Where do you want to go next" Not a big deal, but is there a way to get back to my Home site by clicking Home, like I used to do in Win 8.1 Thanks, Mike