Computer Learning

[cintrix]

Ok, so I uninstalled Avast on my laptop that has hardly anything on it and I only use it for watching level II on two screens - no internet browsing on it.

Now protected by Defender - checked to make sure it was on.
Restarted computer using Defender and it booted up in 8 minutes.
Turned internet off and restarted it and it booted in 6 minutes.
Decided to try a cold boot so I completely shut it down and powered it up again with no internet - booted in 2 minutes.
Then I turned internet back on and tried the cold boot with internet on and it booted in 2 minutes also.

So I am guessing that restarting takes longer than shutting it down completely and restarting. Two minutes to boot up is great and I am very happy. This tells me it was the Avast. I will have to try deleting Avast on my main desktop computer and see if the same results happen using Defender.

Hopefully this is the answer - fingers crossed and I thank all three of you for all the input!