Recent content by Rick998

If you look back at your screenshot in post #10 it shows that the /F:Y switch is to force a full scan and 'automatically clean infected files and remove potentially unwanted software'. So, if you're saying that the switch doesn't remove infected files then it sounds like you need an alternative...

I just used Winkey+R together to pop up the Run dialog then entered the following: This worked fine for me... and is still running MSERT 5 hours later on a 512GB M.2 SSD (and only 80% complete). That's why I found your screenshot in post #3 - showing a scan completion time of ~30 mins -...

The MSERT wording can be confusing and its log is of little use... as you have already discovered. That's because it's not designed as an analytical tool, just as a cleaner. It sounds like your device is clean but if you still think you may have a virus then why not run a full scan with MSERT...

A heartbeat report is a periodic report from a device. As MSERT is a standalone scanner it's obviously not reporting its own 'heartbeat'. It's most likely reporting whether the OS is regularly receiving AV signature updates. However, I guess this would only be looking for Defender signature...

Any clues in %SYSTEMROOT%\debug\msert.log?

It's Microsoft's new whac-a-mole game, which is still evolving. Have a look at Completely Disable and Remove Copilot in Windows 11 for info.

Sounds like the screen inverter has stopped working for whatever reason and, as a result, the backlight won't come on. Luckily, inverters are small and relatively cheap to replace, if necessary - they're just a small board really - so usually much cheaper than any other type of screen repair.

Sorry but... that's not my experience. I have two different USB3-to-SSD enclosures - a cheap-and-cheerful clear plastic Multibao and a more expensive aluminium Iconix. Nothing I do will get Ventoy to boot reliably across the Multibao's USB-to-SSD bus interface yet there's no issue with the...

It's off-topic - sorry - but I try to use PowerShell instead of VBS/VB these days. Its easy to filter by filetype and use Get-Content with its Add-Content operator for appending. For example, I used the following to merge several dozen .TXT files in a folder of mixed content recently: # Merge...

Umm... this isn't a Visual Basic query... it's not even a Software > Programming query. At a guess, you need the Phone and Telephony Systems forum. Hope this helps...

I have 128GB and 256GB SSD's (pulled from Dell laptops) in small, self-powered enclosures. The power requirement is minimal. As they are small capacity I used MBR rather than GPT. What make/model laptop did you pull it from? What's the make/model of enclosure? What happens (or not) when you...

I had a similar experience a week ago when I accidentally held down SHIFT whilst deleting some files, not realising that some folders were also selected but out of sight of the File Manager window. I realised almost immediately what I had done the moment I scrolled upwards in the File Manager...

Reported for spam, as expected.

Why no punctuation or CODE tags to make your post at least readable?

Cross-posted 6 days ago on TenForums as user cloudff7 - see https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/216001-doubt-hdd-impact-contact.html