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Recent content by roger hawke

  1. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, All enabled. In post no.8 you asked if Fast boot was disabled to which I replied that MSI Fast Boot was disabled. I didn't realise that in BIOS under Advanced/Windows OS Configuration there was also an entry entitled Fast Boot, which at the time was enabled. I have now disabled...
  2. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, I have changed from high performance to balanced. I tried Windows 11 but I wasn't keen - one of the main reasons was due to the lack of thumbnail support, which for some reason they have done away with. Secondly I like using Openshell which is not yet fully compatible with Windows...
  3. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, Apologies, but didn't do anything ref. the first part of your last post - mainly because I don't understand !!! Anyway, I ran Speccy as follows: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/nc8hpq4G0liHcYBlPFUfczz
  4. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, Keyboard I bought was USB type - probably return to store for refund tomorrow. If we can't sort out for whatever reason, I suppose the answer will be to access Bios via Windows.
  5. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, Went out and bought a new keyboard today - unfortunately it didn't make any difference ???? Plugged it in and tried to enter BIOS - no good.
  6. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, Yes I did try the green one - same as the purple one - didn't work.
  7. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, Apologies for late reply. I ordered a new keyboard which should have been delivered today (Sat) but it didn’t turn up. The seller has refunded me. As I said, the ps2 keyboard I tried was fine - access to bios was OK and when I exited bios I was able to type password. I found a...
  8. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, Tried another keyboard I have which has a ps2 connector and that worked fine. BTW I have a USB to PS2 connector but it is green - does it matter? Might be a couple of days before I can try another keyboard or perhaps try my keybooard on another PC. Please keep open until I come...
  9. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    Rustys, Tried the method you suggested - worked perfectly. phillpower2, MSI fast boot is disabled. Tried pressing F11 - didn't work. Bearing in mind Rustys suggested method worked OK - would you say that the problem is fairly certainly the keyboard? Any suggestions for a decent keyboard (not...
  10. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    phillpower2, I asked the question ref. bleep because I was led to believe that all motherboards beeped on when attempting to enter BIOS, but obviously not the case as you said. Keyboard is Logitech Media Keyboard 600 which is USB type, and is presently connected to a black port.
  11. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    Bastet, I listed system details in the first post, so I don't know what other information you need. All available updates were installed. Current version is 21H2. phillpower2, No problem booting into Windows. No problem entering BIOS until about 2-3 weeks ago, when after about 3 attempts I...
  12. roger hawke

    Solved ACCESSING BIOS

    System as follows: All installed approx June 2019 Windows 10 Home Motherboard - MSI Z370-A PRO CPU - Intel Core 13-8100 Coffee Lake Ram - 8GB - PSU - Corsair RM 550X 'C' Drive - Crucial MX500 5--GB SSD 'D' 'E ' & 'F' Drives are DVD Writers 'G' Drive 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA...
  13. roger hawke

    Solved Windows Startup Slowing down

    phillpower2, So I did it right then !!! Sincere thanks for all your assistance and patience. Apologies for going off course a couple of times - all well intentioned. Once again, many thanks - you're a diamond. Always a pleasure dealing with you. Please sign off. (y)
  14. roger hawke

    Solved Windows Startup Slowing down

    phillpower2, Please find attached files - not absolutely sure I've done it correctly. If not please correct me. Is this what you are looking for?
  15. roger hawke

    Solved Windows Startup Slowing down

    phillpower2, Have deleted entries as requested. Boot time is unchanged. Not something you asked me to do but just out of interest I looked in regedit and there are several entries for Zemana - but I have not done anything about it. Is that anything of importance?