
I do not know whether Win 10 still refers to that email address, since I changed the user name to a Local one, the idea being to restrict it to me alone, excluding external MS. Initially, this went via and email address and user name. I use a laptop and thought it advisable to get a login.

This may mean that it is still there - or - that there is no access because it was removed (by myself, who uninstalled it).Īvast Free Smart Scan still insists that it must be running in the background, as it is flagged as a program that is slowing performance. According to Win10 which referred me to the Win Defender page, I was instructed the Administrator (i.e.

Then I used the Win10 Search for the program and found a Desktop OneDrive app still there and followed the Win 10 instructions to uninstall it. However, repeated Avast Free Smart Scans revealed that OneDrive is still a significant drag on performance.

I thought I had done this by using the CCleaner Startup option to enable/disable programs at the startup.
