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So is W7. End of mainstream support was 13/1/2015. If there is a problem or incompatibility with PSI, its unlikely ever to be fixed. You could try FileHippo App Manager or Glarysoft Update Detector.

Registry Cleaners are mostly snake oil and some can do serious damage to the OS or installed programs. Registrar Registry Manager will tell you if any keys have been left by uninstalled programs. Warning – this is a powerful tool for users who understand how the Registry works and will brick the OS if misused. As Paul said, even if you remove the entries, you are unlikely to see any improvement in performance as all they do is take up a little space. You should consider editing the registry only if there is an actual problem and that only after obtaining advice from an expert on the forum.

http://www.resplendence.com/registrar

You may find this helpful.

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22251/find-your-missing-usb-drive-in-windows-7-vista/

Formatting wont make the data unrecoverable. It does not erase the data on the disk, only the data on the address tables. Use DBAN. It runs from a CD, independent of Windows and It will rewrite the data on your hard drive with pseudo-random numbers to make it almost impossible to recover your personal data.

https://dban.org/

Are you doing this?
To protect a document so no clicks can be made and thus nothing can be copied, go to Review > Restrict Editing > Editing Restrictions > Filling in forms.
Of course, it can be saved as a PDF which still may allow copying, or, as Charles said, a screen grab always works. Have you considered adding a watermark which, in theory, would make copying pointless? Again though, if someone is determined, its possible to remove the watermark after copying.

Mozbackup works in both W8 and W10, although their are reports of a few people encountering problems. It backs up all TBird folders and the program itself, so if you use it to download Windows Mail, it will back up those folders and any other e-mail providers folders as well. I use it with TalkTalk and Outlook. Its very quick and easy to use. It also backs up Firefox and its add ons, if you happen to use it.

The easiest way is to use O&O ShutUp 10. It puts everything in one place.

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

If you don’t use IE11, turn it off. Go to Programs and Features>Turn Windows Features on or off>Internet Explorer 11 and untick it then click OK. You’ll never see it again.

Welcome to the forum.

How to secure your router

http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-TP-Link-Wireless-Password

Unlocker will delete any file or folder, protected or not.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unlocker.html

Note that your AV program may flag it because of the way it works, but it is safe to install.

Find it using Autoruns and disable it.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

They may have been clever and your AV will not work as a consequence, but its worth trying. Otherwise, there’s always Avast.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

As we have eliminated the OS itself and malware, I suspect that the problem is with a third party program running in the background that’s either out of date or corrupt. For the sake of completeness, start with a check for a graphics driver update.
Note that in W10, you cant get to Safe Mode using msconfig. Its become rather more complicated as Safe Mode is no longer listed there. Also Selective startup only works if you first select the items to be started in Task Manager>Start Up. It then it sets itself.
To start in Safe Mode:-
Press Windows logo key + I on your keyboard to open Settings. If that doesn’t work, select the Start button in the lower-left corner of your screen, then select Settings.
Select Update & security > Recovery.
Under Advanced startup, select Restart now.
After your PC restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart.
After your PC restarts, you’ll see a list of options. Select 4 or F4 to start your PC in Safe Mode. Or if you’ll need to use the Internet, select 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking.

Its easier to use Autoruns, which is a more comprehensive program than Task Manager and is provided by MS.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

This is another utility that doesn’t need to be installed, just click on the downloaded file to open. Click on the Options tab and Hide Microsoft Entries. Go to the Everything tab. Look for entries highlighted in yellow and marked Not Found. These are orphans left over from old programs etc and can cause problems as Windows tries to run them. These should be selected by right clicking on them and then deleted. Restart. It may solve the problem, but if not, go to the Logon tab and untick everything. Most of them you don’t need to run on start up anyway, they just slow down the process, and the ones you do need are quite obvious, sound, graphics, AV etc. Reboot and check the problem again. If its sorted, restart each item in turn until you find the culprit.

Sunbird can do that. Set the appointment date and then set the reminder for as many days before the appointment that you need, When you get the reminder, you can reset it to warn you again nearer the appointment date.

If you haven’t already, run a scan for malware and viruses. Download FixWin for W10 from the Windows Club. It contains lots of fixes and troubleshooters for W10 which you may find useful. It doesn’t require installing, so unzip and run it and select Welcome (if its not already selected) and start by running the System File Checker Utility.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/fixwin-for-windows-10

I don’t use Outlook these days but if I remember, it should be able to do that already. On the Appointment tab, in the Options group, click the Recurrence button. Click the frequency (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly) with which the appointment recurs, and then select options for the frequency. Click OK. If not, Sunbird is still available, although no longer supported. and that will do what you want.

https://mozilla-sunbird.en.softonic.com/download