Chris,
I have the same thing. I have an old Dell laptop that came with XP. Kids
used it for years until it became wonky. I bought them a new machine, but
on a lark I reformatted the old Dell and reinstalled the OS using the disks
in came with (remember those). Works beautifully: nice clean install with
none of the commercial crap installed by the OEM. I installed an older
version of MS Office. It runs like a stripped ape. Only caveat, it never
goes near the internet. For that I have a Windows 7 that I like just fine.
10 need not apply.
Charlie
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
> >> AFAIK there is no automatic download of the upgrade. You must
> >> specifically request it.
> >
> >Not exactly true. Express any cautious interest and they assume that you
> >are opting in and download the package to the hidden folder without your
> >knowledge or consent and nag you to install. I think that they do this
> >because it is fairly large and may take several web sessions to download
> >in the background over a slow connection like mine. Then you get those
> >perky popups....not a nice first impression.
> >
>
> I have to chuckle while sitting here typing away on my safe and
> secure WinXP laptop. I do, however, need to use the Win7 hard drive later
> to answer a message from an eBay seller. A minor inconvenience,
> especially after reading about the headaches due to the New! Improved!
> operating systems.
>
> Chris
> Gloating in Tempe
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