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Windows Start Menu has been broken for me sometimes (typing does nothing, have to re-click the menu to toggle it a few times and then it works), over the last f
by llanowarelves 4y ago
Windows Start Menu has been broken for me sometimes (typing does nothing, have to re-click the menu to toggle it a few times and then it works), over the last few months.
Last few weeks has been ok.
And recently completely-finished browser downloads have to wait extra long (beyond when the browser says it's done) plus an F5 in Explorer, for Windows to not complain about a "missing file at path" when trying to use the completely-downloaded file. This could be an interaction with a virus-scanner (ESET) putting the file in quarantine or whatever real quick before putting it back out but nothing has changed on my end in the last ~4 years.
I appreciate that the author here is actually profiling stuff.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoESET is rubbish. Had to do the obligatory support round for family over the holidays. One machine would sporadically not finish sending and email via Outlook, and even rebooting doesn't fix that issue. You just had to wait about a day and it would be ok again. You couldn't send any mail during that time. I tracked it down to the Outlook plugin of ESET. I saw it also has other features like a browser plugin, and intercept for TLS encrypted traffic. These kinds of security products always make your system less secure, not more. All those complex components that hook into every part of your system are buggy and contain vulnerabilities that malware can target. Use Windows Defender and nothing more.
- llanowarelves 4y agoThanks for your response. I liked it because its lower resource usage than Defender, and mostly stayed out of the way. I'll have to take stock of Defender and see how it is again.