02-06-2017, 03:27 PM
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Re: Phantom programmes running?
Have you ever read one of the articles on disabling Windows 10 features, like this one:Everything You Need to Disable in Windows 10
https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-...ws-10-0163552/
They can be very helpful .....
02-06-2017, 04:25 PM
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Re: Phantom programmes running?
Originally Posted by Omah
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Everything You Need to Disable in Windows 10https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-...ws-10-0163552/
They can be very helpful .....
I spent some 3-4 hours going through all the Win 10 settings and mostly turning everything off. A ridiculous amount of privacy settings and the like need to be disabled imo.
Turned off/disabled Windows Updates at least on a temporary basis. I know MS will force her to take the updates at some stage but my changes ensure that we control when that happens.
Added a load of websites to the hosts file so that they are blocked.
Added anti-virus and firewall and blocked lots of domians there too.
Disabled the plethora of Add-ons that were pre-installed/enabled.
Changed all the browser settings to ensure good security.
Created a new partition on the hard drive
Created 2 users accounts, 1 admin the other not
and so on
Just took all night but absolutely has to be done to protect oneself from both tracking, advertisements and general risks of virus/malware.
02-06-2017, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Omah
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On my system (W10) Calculator is not visible in Task Manager/ProcessesWhen I start Calculator, it appears under Task Manager/Processes/Apps but nowhere else under Processes
When I close Calculator, it disappears from Task Manager/Processes/Apps and appears nowhere else under Processes
ETA Have you re-booted?
Open a program/App showing in the list and then try closing it using 'Alt+F4' on the keyboard to see if that shuts it down properly.
02-06-2017, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mart
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This is what happens with my computer, whether the calculator is set as a running background App or not (before and after rebooting). The fact that JBR's system doesn't behave in the same way might be a fault of some kind. I'm not sure what would be the cause of it though.
02-06-2017, 05:39 PM
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Re: Phantom programmes running?
Originally Posted by mart
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This is what happens with my computer, whether the calculator is set as a running background App or not (before and after rebooting). The fact that JBR's system doesn't behave in the same way might be a fault of some kind. I'm not sure what would be the cause of it though.Open a program/App showing in the list and then try closing it using 'Alt+F4' on the keyboard to see if that shuts it down properly.
- Calculator
- Films & TV
- Photos
all still running.
I opened Calculator and Photos and shut each down using Alt+F4, as you suggested, all to no effect.
I suppose it isn't exactly a disaster: everything else works properly, but still a bit worrying. If anyone has any more suggestions, I'd be very grateful to hear them.
02-06-2017, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mart
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Does highlighting one of the programs and clicking the 'End Task' button shut it down?
like poltergeists, they always come back!
I have now, however, typed 'Start' in the Cortana search thing and selected 'Start settings'. In there, I turned off:
- Show most used apps, and
- Show recently added apps
Now, when I open Task Manager, only Chrome is shown as running.
I'll keep an eye on this when I next re-boot or start up and see what happens.
I have to say that I keep finding niggles like this with Windows 10. In my opinion, Windows 7 was a far superior operating system and, if I could, I'd go straight back to it!
02-06-2017, 08:17 PM
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I haven't got this problem and can't reproduce it ..and this makes suggestions of what to try difficult. However, I came across this thread that might help. It is about 18 months old but might still be relevant. The last poster says what worked for him but have a read of the whole page:https://superuser.com/questions/9582...ound-processes
I've had a look around the Internet for a deal on buying Windows 7. There does seem to be ways of going back to Windows 7 but none look reliable ..what with needing a licence to activate the OS. It looks like an OEM copy might be OK to use and some of those are quite inexpensive.
Failing a cure (and not going back to W.7), I'd be inclined to do a clean installation of W.10. Clean installations of new Microsoft operating systems always were better than upgrading an existing OS.
02-06-2017, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by mart
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I haven't got this problem and can't reproduce it ..and this makes suggestions of what to try difficult. However, I came across this thread that might help. It is about 18 months old but might still be relevant. The last poster says what worked for him but have a read of the whole page:https://superuser.com/questions/9582...ound-processes
I've had a look around the Internet for a deal on buying Windows 7. There does seem to be ways of going back to Windows 7 but none look reliable ..what with needing a licence to activate the OS. It looks like an OEM copy might be OK to use and some of those are quite inexpensive.
Failing a cure (and not going back to W.7), I'd be inclined to do a clean installation of W.10. Clean installations of new Microsoft operating systems always were better than upgrading an existing OS.
I'd rather not do a clean installation of Windows 10, as I assume I'd have to re-install all my programmes and files. This is only an option I'd consider if W10 was corrupted in some way and failing to operate properly.
As for W7, yes, I'd go back without hesitation if there was a safe way of doing so. The more I see of W10, the more I dislike it and I can think of no advantage of it over W7.
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