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i used avg for years without any problems, then tried avast but had trouble with registration so i went back to avg this year. i am uninstalling avg and using only mse going forward based on your recommendation. Found my printer problem was a loose connection when i was moving my desktop around checking connections etc. Going to uninstall Windows Live Essentials as i already use Thunderbird as my default email program. Then i will start on the clean install,but I dont really know what a "official win 7 installer ISO" is so ill have to research that.
I ran a full scan of malwarebytes and it took about 8 hours...19 infections which i removed, but it doesnt make any difference in getting my pc to boot up normally/
i have used Belarc Advisor on all my computers for quite a few years to give me an updated profile at a given point in time, but when you say "run an audit of hardware and software" do you mean just to check to see what is actually in my computer today?
Finally and if this is stupid ...sorry...dont i want to use my original Win 7 instll disc to reinstall Windiows and if not, why not?