I have an old emachines ET1331G-03w computer, using Windows 10. Upon occasion, when I wake it up and the main page appears, the screen aspect has changed from full screen to a smaller aspect. Also, I have my taskbar on the right side, but yesterday when the my main page appeared, the taskbar was at the bottom.
I suspected malware, but Windows Defender (resident), has not indicated such nor has Malwarebytes (I run that frequently), has not indicated any malware. The computer and it's hard drive are quite old as computers go (ten years?), and I am wondering if the changes I have posted are the results of an aging hard drive. (If that is the problem, I have an externally mounted hard drive cloned and ready to go in anticipation of the internal drive failing...I will just open it up and replace the drive.)
So, what is likely causing the changes (screen aspect and taskbar placement)?
I suspected malware, but Windows Defender (resident), has not indicated such nor has Malwarebytes (I run that frequently), has not indicated any malware. The computer and it's hard drive are quite old as computers go (ten years?), and I am wondering if the changes I have posted are the results of an aging hard drive. (If that is the problem, I have an externally mounted hard drive cloned and ready to go in anticipation of the internal drive failing...I will just open it up and replace the drive.)
So, what is likely causing the changes (screen aspect and taskbar placement)?
