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Hugh_Lebowski

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20. If it were me I'd download a clean copy of Windows 10 from MS onto a USB drive
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 01:37 AM
Sep 2022

Reformat the disk and install it.

Assuming you still can get W10 from them. If not, lot's of places I'd imagine still host W10 install files you can download.

There's a few things you have to look out for like making sure you either have the license key for your windows copy (like on a sticker on the lappie, or somewhere in the box), or you set up a Microsoft account that tracks the license for that machine.

And then there's the fact you may have files you 'care about', you'll need to back them up before you reformat the drive.

And a few other concerns.

Myself, I'd never use the copy of Windows that came pre-installed on a new machine. Too much crap on those vendor-modified OS's.

MHO, YMMV.

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hating this laptop [View all] Kali Sep 2022 OP
install ad blockers and or download firefox Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #1
when I finally went to 7 from xp it wasn't too bad Kali Sep 2022 #4
They still have uninstalling programs in the control panel kimbutgar Sep 2022 #2
I can't even find the control panel Kali Sep 2022 #6
In the search bar type control panel kimbutgar Sep 2022 #13
I did find something macaffee and uninstalled it Kali Sep 2022 #16
I happen to have the Geek Squad PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #3
I'm not at home, and even if I was it would be at least an hour to a best buy Kali Sep 2022 #8
Ah. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #14
seem to have got the pop up thing stopped Kali Sep 2022 #17
Download and Install Malwarebytes would be my suggestion. Once everything were BootinUp Sep 2022 #5
I do have that on my desktop. I wonder if the subscription is good for more than one device? Kali Sep 2022 #10
Just select free trial. Let it check/clean BootinUp Sep 2022 #15
oh, ok will probably not do anything else tonight as it seems to be back to "normal" Kali Sep 2022 #18
MS AV seems pretty solid. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #7
that was the impression I got Kali Sep 2022 #9
Download and Install Firefox... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #11
can edge be uninstalled? Kali Sep 2022 #12
cant uninstall it. make something else your deffault browser. win 7 and 10 arent that different nt msongs Sep 2022 #19
Yup... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #21
If it were me I'd download a clean copy of Windows 10 from MS onto a USB drive Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2022 #20
no files that I care about Kali Sep 2022 #23
Yippee... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #22
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