Windows 10: Is "Reset this PC" setting in windows 10 the same as formatting?

Hi, my girlfriend has an old Asus running on windows 10 and it started working slow after she watched a movie on a suspicious online streaming website for tv-shows and movies. She said that she keeps getting pop-ups of porno and other specific ads that are either vulgar or absurd, and also her interface is slow. She doesn't have an antivirus on it and I'm thinking of just formatting the whole PC.

Now, my question is this: I know there's this option on windows 10 "Reset this PC", where you choose to either delete everything, or keep some of the files intact. Is this the same as formatting?

Does this clear the laptop from viruses and restores it to factory settings if I remove everything? And finally, do I have to remove everything or can I choose the second option of keeping some of the files?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Changing Time Format

Hi Mary,

There's a possibility that the set up time format in your computer Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is military time. To have this checked, you can try to reset the time of your computer through Control Panel. See the steps below on how to do
so:

• Open Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region >
  Change date, time, or number formats. This would open the
  Region window.
• From there, click on Additional settings at the bottom part. It will open the Customize Format.
• Click Reset; then, OK.

The steps should work; however, if not, we suggest that you contact manufacturer and have the BIOS time checked.

Let us know what happens after doing the suggestions .

 

can i reset my pc from the os after downloadind windows 10 from the website

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.



I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you to resolve this issue.



Yes, you can reset the pc from windows 10 after updating I suggest you to refer the steps given below.

• 
  To go start.
  
• 
  Go to Settings.
  
• 
  Click on Update & security.
  
• 
  Click on Reset this PC.
  
  
  

I suggest you to refer the below link and follow the steps for reset pc and refer the options.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options



Hope this information is helpful. For any further assistance on Windows, feel free to post your query on Microsoft Community Forum.

Thank you.