Hi Belahzur, the PC seems A ok now.
We've got it set up with users for each of our family and all of us have been using it without any problems.
As I had mentioned earlier, it did appear that the " go into the hidden folder and delete the files directly " approach had cured the problem, however, I realised that this could have been too simple and that was why I'd asked for help on here.
All the progs we use are ok and there's no issues regarding speed or unexpected programs starting or stopping.
I think it's all ok now.
We've got it set up with users for each of our family and all of us have been using it without any problems.
As I had mentioned earlier, it did appear that the " go into the hidden folder and delete the files directly " approach had cured the problem, however, I realised that this could have been too simple and that was why I'd asked for help on here.
All the progs we use are ok and there's no issues regarding speed or unexpected programs starting or stopping.
I think it's all ok now.