Windows 10: What does "Not Sandboxed" mean???

I need to go to bed, Eileen. Good luck with Outlook.

Yell tomorrow if you need more help.

 

Couldn't agree more. Since Windows 7 and when Microsoft introduced MSE, my chosen AV application has been from Microsoft. MSE in 7, Defender in 8 and later. Never had an infection, no viruses, malware, nothing like that. An important factor that has helped me to stay clean might of course be that although I am an idiot, I am not dumb; I know what to click and what not, I know which sites to visit and what not, I know which email attachment open and which not.

I quite often don't know if I should laugh or cry when I see posts from an obscure OP about "I have this and that scanner installed and I use two hours every day to scan my system and clean registry and tweak eberything, yet I have this issue". I find it extremely amusing that people are completely unwilling to see the relation between the amount of third party tweakers, cleaners and such they use on regular basis and the issues they are having.

Oh heavens's sake, which is more important: to fix an issue or find out what caused it? My recommendation goes further than just a new user profile: a clean install, backing up personal data and then "boldly go...".

One thing that I can't understand is that OP posted first post five days ago. A clean install, re-installing all software, restore personal data, restoring those "hundreds if not thousands" bookmarks, all that had taken maybe half a day.

So am I somehow disturbed or mislead? I have used Edge as my main browser since 9XXX builds. In few Insider builds recently there was some minor issues, other than that I've had a smooth ride. Compared to amount of threads and posts about Firefox having this and Chrome that issue, I'm just happy that Edge works so well, doing what browser should do.

I think that was enough for now to start a good fight *Smile

"Let's not resolve the issue, let's find out the cause instead!".

 

This is what the responders to this thread have been trying to do for 5 pages.*Warning

 

Exactly my point, glad you noticed it. Five days, five pages in what would have needed five words: Please do a clean reinstall!

 

Right but there is more to this than meets the eye. I will PM you.

 

Yes, much valuable time wasted leading you to use yet more 3rd party junk that does no good to fix your computer and will only lead you back here for help again. Do what you may, but we others offer no complicated plan at all. A simple clean install to get you a fresh OS is all that is needed, then use native software/apps. Of course, your prerogative also to use 3rd party apps/software, but odds would have it you’ll be back here again fixing one thing or another.

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Like I said before, good luck to you. *Smile