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[Simpo Two]

This is caning the nuts off my PC (desktop, Win 11). The cooling fan is constantly mooing up and down like a cow and task manager shows it's causing 'very high' power consumption.

I've googled and it seems to be a known problem, but I'm loathe to dig too deep in my PC based on random info from the net.

I'm not an IT person; can anyone here tell me in idiot-proof terms what to do to fix it please?

[ctdctd]

Probably a bug in Windows Photo viewer which I suspect you use quite a lot!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/...

Does a reboot (Start > Power > Restart NOT shutdown) fix it until you've viewed photos?

If so, try installing a different photo viewer and setting it as default (Right click on a photo file > Open With > Choose another app (at the bottom) > Select new program and set to always use)

I'd recommend IfranView

https://www.irfanview.com/

[Simpo Two]

yes as it happens I was wading through big JPGs yesterday though I hadn't connected the two events.

I'll try Irfanview for a bit and see how it goes, thanks :-)

While you're on, a little question about Defender if I may. I noticed a little exclamation mark in my taskbar - hover and it says '
'Windows Security - Actions Recommended'. If I right click and choose 'Quick Scan' it wants me to look for an app in the Microsoft store, then says 'Results for "windowsdefender" - No results found'. If I go to 'My PC', right-click on the C drive and choose 'Scan with Microsoft Defender', nothing happens. Should I assume Defender is borked and download a third party program for scanning and malware etc?

[ctdctd]

Windows Defender is built into W11 and IMO does an adequate job and an additional AV program is not needed.

What do you see in Windows Security > Virus & Threat Protection - what does the Virus & Threat Protection Updates bit say?

[Simpo Two]

ctdctd said:

Windows Defender is built into W11 and IMO does an adequate job and an additional AV program is not needed.

What do you see in Windows Security > Virus & Threat Protection - what does the Virus & Threat Protection Updates bit say?

If I right click on 'Check for protection updates' it says 'You'll need a new app to open this windowsdefender link', then 'Look for an app in the Microsoft Store' and that leads to 'Results for windowsdefender - No results found' as before.

Win11 is fully updated.

[Simpo Two]

All fixed! Thanks Mr ctdctd for your expertise

[ctdctd]

For thread closure:-

Windows Defender fixed with Windows Terminal (Admin)

Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SecHealthUI_1000.22000.1.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppXManifest.xml"

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-ins...

[Simpo Two]

ctdctd said:

For thread closure:-

Windows Defender fixed with Windows Terminal (Admin)

After a bit of a battle to find Windows Terminal...!

So we had to create another me. If my PC should break again, I just change into my alter ego, fix it round the back then return in glory