I took a slightly different approach to my old Dell XP laptop. I
converted it to Win 7 and it is used exclusively for banking and
investment communication. It knows of exactly 5 websites. 2 banks, 2
investment houses and microsoft for system updates.
My original plan was to put Linux on it but I never found a Linux distro
(amongst the 4 or 5 that I tried) that could talk to my Windows network
printers "out of the box" so to speak. I was not willing to learn how
to do Linux device driver installs for that simple usage. I think the
Win 7 solution is pretty secure with its limited view of the world.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/11/2015 12:45 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
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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