Grime Fighter was done and rebooted it won't go to windows 8 goes to sleep.

I had this isue on Windows 10. The technician I spoke to said it was a W10 compatibility problem and they were receiving 30-40 calls per day. They now knew how to resolve it but at a cost! In view of othe posts citing W8.1 and even W7 having the same problem, well make up your own mind as to where the fault lies!
I declined.
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite. Presss F12 repeatedly on restart. Boot menu shows up. I downloaded the Windows 10 media creation tool onto a usb stick from another computer. I chose not to reinstall my original files as I suspected Grimefighter may be resident. A “clean” version of Windows will be installed, but you’ll lose all your old files. This shows the value of keeping a regular back up using a File History drive, as I’m now almost back to my original setup minus Avast. I’m sure Avast is a good programme but I’ve now had 2 different compatibility problems and will let my licence lapse without using it again.
By the way, do a deep search to see if Grimefighter is still lurking!

GF is history, see: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=173593.0

https://www.avast.com/en-us/total-support

If that is the number you called, that guy should be fired.
He should have told you to update avast to the latest version.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179656.0

He should never have offered to help for a price.
Help for avast is free of charge.

well make up your own mind as to where the fault lies!
The question is why you didn't kept your system up-to-date and why don't you know that GrimeFighter has been gone for over 4(!) months already.

I tried to upgrade to widows 10, I got frustrated and went back to windows 8.1. Avast grimefighter not windows would boot up. I am using a Toshiba computer and was able to by pass grimefighter and boot with the regular Windows boot. I used the Ocotillo’s April 15 post to delete the grimefighter boot, and now everything is back to normal. Thanks for the help.

Bob

there is no GrimeFighter anymore.
GrimeFighter has been gone for over 4(!) months.