nice essex, it helped, i am back in for now. I got straigh into the avast uninstaller, and after that i dont see it anymore.

I don’t really dare restart the computer now, afraid i might not get back in!

What can i do to see if all is ok?

I do get a message from “intel matrix storage console”, stating that s.m.a.r.t. is reporting a hard dsik problem. Maybe that is at the heart of this problem, or could all the tweaking, restarting, cold power offs have caused that?

tia, Moosey