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Boggin:
Have you tried running the Windows Repair program ?

That includes some repairs which may resolve your problems.

After the reboot, you may have to reset Chrome as your default browser and anything else you may have changed the default on.

I don't think it's the Hiberfil file but for the laptop, right click on the battery icon - Power options - in the left pane click on Choose what closing the lid does and then on Change settings that currently aren't available and uncheck the boxes for fast startup and Hibernate - Save changes then reboot.

With only using a laptop, I don't know if you have the fast startup and Hibernate settings on a PC, but you can turn off Hibernate from a Command Prompt (Admin) with the cmd

powercfg -h off then enter shutdown /r /t 00 to effect an immediate reboot.

You can turn Hibernate back on by using on in the cmd instead of off.

grimley:
Have tried repair. Have also turned Internet Explorer off via "Turn off Windows features" (IE will load even if it is not selected as the default browser) - to no avail.
The annoyance is minor. I'll wait to see if additional Windows updates shake things loose.

I have added your suggestions to my troubleshooting "repertoire" and Windows Repair 2018 has come in quite handy. Thank you.

Boggin:
I have two Toshiba laptops which use the same network adapters, yet on one since the 1703 update, a restart will put a Code 45 - device not installed error on my Ethernet adapter and a restart will put it back to working properly.

It's still the same after the FCU so I wouldn't hold your breath that a future update will make things good.

I'm not sure if using the Feedback Hub will help to get things sorted as some things are just machine specific, so MS will probably ignore some.

You have to have a MS account to use it - I don't.

grimley:
Found the culprit: LastPass password manager extension. It was present in Chrome and in IE when I tested the desktop. It is also present on the laptop, where links perform normally.
I disabled the extension and links came up as they should. Extension re-enabled and all is working as it should.

(Silly bunt).

Boggin:
I wish mine was that easy to diagnose but when something affects more than one browser, it's usually a computer thing.

I don't use any managers and keep my add-ons to a minimum in IE.

My problem is bits and pieces maxing out the CPU and I have my Startup and non-MS services to a min as well.

Anyway, if you go to your first post and click on Modify you can add [SOLVED] to the thread title.

Tom.

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