Recent content by bba-tcg

The last 5600X I bought (last week) was $135.

I'll check when I go outside tonight.

I suspected Bitdefender as well. Well, at least a conflict between it and MS Defender.

Also check that Microsoft Defender acknowledges that Bitdefender is the recognized AV and isn't competing with it.

If sorted by CPU time, what's using the most? How about with just the SSD connected and the HDD disconnected ?

During that 51 second span, can you start Task Manager?

Missed your edit until now. Good to read!

Well, MS is always innovating, you know.

Power Options -> Change what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable, uncheck Turn on fast startup.

It's not that it should show anything. Just that Fast Boot may indeed be the culprit. Which is why I was suggesting that you wait until you see whether you've already fixed it. Changing multiple things at once leaves the possibility of never knowing what exactly fixed the issue (assuming that...

Either place would work if it's the issue. On an HP, it's probably not available in the BIOS. Changing it in the Windows power settings would manifest well before the Windows splash screen.

If it isn't resolved, try turning off Fast Boot in BIOS and Windows' power settings.

I'm not sure what clients can import WLM email. Have you tried mikeymikec's link?

That link works for me.

The only other thing that comes to mind is to try using a different browser to view the google account settings to see if it makes a difference.