On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:03:01 -0700, masonc
wrote:

All well and good to spend time solving Windows 7 problems
What about workers (like me) who just want to get work done on their
computers?
Because my 11-year-old HP XP was slow and had symptoms of failing
disk, I sprung for a big Dell and Windows 7.

I get problem after problem after problem and no work done.
I have learned to keep a log of solutions: my "Win7 Manual"

I must *permanently* keep my xx XP machine on hand, as I see
others doing.

At what point will there be a huge class lawsuit? The damages that
Microsoft are causing must be in the $billions.

Wow, my troll started a great thread. Very interesting. Some of you
would find my "The Liberal Case for Conservatism" book interesting.

I do ask for specific help, but mostly Google for it. In every case,
someone else has had the same problem. In some cases there is/was no
solution (and don't expect me to recite them for you).

I'll now post one for which I've found no solution (making a repair
disc).

Here's an amusing anecdote of no importance: I did a search for
"notebook.exe" and found 11 (eleven) of them. Eleven.

Theory: After the Vista disaster, Microsoft *threw together* Win7 in
a big hurry. Now they want to flush the Win7 pile by forcing us all
to Win10.

Incidentally, I *never* touch the registry manually or by any jokester
"Fix It" program. I do use Avast! and three junk cleaners that work.
It's incredible how verdant capitalism pushes adware.