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Old August 10th 17, 11:53 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lauren[_2_]
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My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I immediately went to
programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was installed the day before. I
asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not install it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had this
experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started on old Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full version of
Office?



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Old August 11th 17, 12:30 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I immediately went to
programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was installed the day before. I



Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows 365"
You undoubtedly mean Office 365.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not install it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had this
experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started on old Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full version of
Office?




No, it's not.

  #3  
Old August 11th 17, 03:05 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lauren[_2_]
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"Ken Blake" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I immediately went to
programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was installed the day before. I



Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows 365"
You undoubtedly mean Office 365.

Yes, that is what I meant.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not install
it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had this
experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started on old
Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full version of
Office?




No, it's not.

So she's lying. I thought so. She said she did not download it, but I took
a picture of it in programs, which shows the date. She claimed to only
create a "microsoft account for me on her old laptop". She swears she did
not install it.

Time to blow the whole thing back to factory specs.

Thanks for your reply.



  #4  
Old August 11th 17, 04:04 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul in Houston TX[_2_]
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Lauren wrote:
"Ken Blake" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I immediately went to
programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was installed the day before. I



Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows 365"
You undoubtedly mean Office 365.

Yes, that is what I meant.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not install
it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had this
experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started on old
Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full version of
Office?




No, it's not.

So she's lying. I thought so. She said she did not download it, but I took
a picture of it in programs, which shows the date. She claimed to only
create a "microsoft account for me on her old laptop". She swears she did
not install it.

Time to blow the whole thing back to factory specs.

Thanks for your reply.


MS has been pushing O-365 for at least 2 years.
Those with MS cloud accounts or use the business outlook servers will be pestered
to install it. If one is not careful and hit the wrong button it will be installed.
It is on my employer's machines because we use the Outlook servers.
It is useful if you have multiple machines that need to sync data.
However, I do not use it due to being out of internet range much of the time.

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Old August 12th 17, 07:34 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
tesla sTinker
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Default Windows 7 Laptop 365

You should eliminate outlook servers, the why is, because they
have all your emails on their servers. It is best to
set up a client email program, then move your email off of that server,
to another server that gives you full control. Then you can
specific server to erase your emails once you have downloaded them
into your own client. This is why, the cloud exists, as in, they
want the up on you, so to use this access on the open net, against
anyone they want to use it against. And, it is against your
own privacy yes. But that is MS for you. They are very crooked people.
As far as office, yes, they would like to push as many purchases as
they can. But more so, make the dummys use what they give them.
Microsoft is a pagan company. Same as freemasonry is pagan.

On 8/10/2017 8:04 PM, Paul in Houston TX scribbled:
Lauren wrote:
"Ken Blake" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I immediately
went to
programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was installed the day before. I



Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows 365"
You undoubtedly mean Office 365.

Yes, that is what I meant.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not install
it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had this
experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started on old
Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full version of
Office?




No, it's not.

So she's lying. I thought so. She said she did not download it, but I
took
a picture of it in programs, which shows the date. She claimed to only
create a "microsoft account for me on her old laptop". She swears she did
not install it.

Time to blow the whole thing back to factory specs.

Thanks for your reply.


MS has been pushing O-365 for at least 2 years.
Those with MS cloud accounts or use the business outlook servers will be
pestered
to install it. If one is not careful and hit the wrong button it will be
installed.
It is on my employer's machines because we use the Outlook servers.
It is useful if you have multiple machines that need to sync data.
However, I do not use it due to being out of internet range much of the
time.

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Old August 13th 17, 01:30 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lauren[_2_]
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Default Windows 7 Laptop 365


"Paul in Houston TX" wrote:

MS has been pushing O-365 for at least 2 years.
Those with MS cloud accounts or use the business outlook servers will be
pestered
to install it. If one is not careful and hit the wrong button it will be
installed.
It is on my employer's machines because we use the Outlook servers.
It is useful if you have multiple machines that need to sync data.
However, I do not use it due to being out of internet range much of the
time.


That might be the answer, because it was her old business laptop, that
probably used business outlook servers. I had the old Microsoft Exchange
Server, then upgraded to 2003, then 2007. I could have set it up to access
away from base, but never really had the need to do so.

Last weekend, I had to manipulate a one page excel spreadsheet, and realized
I couldn't print from my desktop because my printer is wireless. I tried
looking for the cord, to no avail, and my laptop is on loan to my son, so I
sent it to my two Microsoft 8.1 phones. It asked me if I wanted to save to
the cloud or phone, and I said phone. Then it wanted to charge me $70 for
another year of a product that I had never used the first year on each
phone. Needless to say, I had to log in, and I have no idea what email or
password I used to set it up.

As a life long user and beta tester for Windows 95, I am looking to go to
Linux. I don't care to pay $70 for using my own printer and software to
print one sheet of paper.


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Old August 13th 17, 01:34 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lauren[_2_]
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"tesla sTinker" wrote:
You should eliminate outlook servers, the why is, because they
have all your emails on their servers. It is best to
set up a client email program, then move your email off of that server,
to another server that gives you full control. Then you can
specific server to erase your emails once you have downloaded them
into your own client.


Outlook servers are really no different than your ISP. You can change the
settings to not keep a copy, then use Outlook to download them to your own
computer. But the default is aways for them to keep a copy.



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Old August 18th 17, 05:17 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Diesel
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"Lauren"
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:05:39 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I
immediately went to programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was
installed the day before. I



Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows
365" You undoubtedly mean Office 365.

Yes, that is what I meant.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not
install it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had
this experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started
on old Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full
version of Office?




No, it's not.

So she's lying. I thought so. She said she did not download it,
but I took a picture of it in programs, which shows the date. She
claimed to only create a "microsoft account for me on her old
laptop". She swears she did not install it.


Maybe not. It could very well be a preinstalled trial copy that
became available for you due to the new account being created by her.

Time to blow the whole thing back to factory specs.


Probably not a bad idea, but, expect to find trial copies available
once you do. Along with some other garbage you probably don't want or
need. You may want to run this after you reload the machine:

https://www.pcdecrapifier.com/




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Old August 21st 17, 05:12 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lauren[_2_]
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Default Windows 7 Laptop 365


"Diesel" wrote:
"Lauren"
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:05:39 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I
immediately went to programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was
installed the day before. I



Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows
365" You undoubtedly mean Office 365.

Yes, that is what I meant.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not
install it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had
this experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has started
on old Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full
version of Office?




No, it's not.

So she's lying. I thought so. She said she did not download it,
but I took a picture of it in programs, which shows the date. She
claimed to only create a "microsoft account for me on her old
laptop". She swears she did not install it.


Maybe not. It could very well be a preinstalled trial copy that
became available for you due to the new account being created by her.


Not sure why she would do that, considering telling her just hours before
how much I hated Windows 365, and planned to install M$ Office as soon as I
received it. She's very smart, used to write html back in the mid 1990s
when she wrote my website for geocities. But she is a total Apple person,
and only uses Windows for work when she has to for some reason. Perhaps in
her mind, it was like giving me a car, and she wanted to make sure the thing
was out of her name? shrugs

Time to blow the whole thing back to factory specs.


Probably not a bad idea, but, expect to find trial copies available
once you do. Along with some other garbage you probably don't want or
need. You may want to run this after you reload the machine:

https://www.pcdecrapifier.com/


I bought a similar thing from Tigerdirect 12+ years ago that the government
ran on all of their computers, (Cannot recall the name right now) it came
with 2 uses for around $100. On the first computer, it seemed to speed
things up. On the second computer, it crashed it and never was fixed.
Seems like you could just go to programs, or look under processes to see
what's running and delete it.



  #10  
Old August 21st 17, 05:54 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Good Guy[_2_]
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On 21/08/2017 05:12, Lauren wrote:
Not sure why she would do that, considering telling her just hours before
how much I hated Windows 365, and planned to install M$ Office as soon as I
received it. She's very smart, used to write html back in the mid 1990s


But now she is old and probably gone senile and mental!! Old people
lose their bearings and sense of purpose in life. We have seen many on
these newsgroups. We have Canadian small boys abusers, drug dealers,
arms dealers, people smugglers and now your friend using 1990s style
html. For god's sake we are in 2017 and things have changed.






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Old August 22nd 17, 04:12 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Diesel
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"Lauren"
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:12:21 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

"Diesel" wrote:
"Lauren"
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:05:39 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:53:24 -0500, "Lauren"
wrote:

My sister gave me an old Dell Latitude E5520 64-bit. I
immediately went to programs, and noticed that Windows 365 was
installed the day before. I


Perhaps it's just a typo, but there is nothing called "Windows
365" You undoubtedly mean Office 365.

Yes, that is what I meant.


asked her why she installed it, and she claimed that she did not
install it,
but just "created me an account" on the machine.

As someone that has Office since around 2000, I have never had
this experience. Is this something new that Microsoft has
started on old Windows
7, to push 365 on people that has already paid for the full
version of Office?



No, it's not.

So she's lying. I thought so. She said she did not download
it, but I took a picture of it in programs, which shows the
date. She claimed to only create a "microsoft account for me on
her old laptop". She swears she did not install it.


Maybe not. It could very well be a preinstalled trial copy that
became available for you due to the new account being created by
her.


Not sure why she would do that, considering telling her just hours
before how much I hated Windows 365, and planned to install M$
Office as soon as I received it. She's very smart, used to write
html back in the mid 1990s when she wrote my website for
geocities. But she is a total Apple person, and only uses Windows
for work when she has to for some reason. Perhaps in her mind, it
was like giving me a car, and she wanted to make sure the thing
was out of her name? shrugs


She may not have. It could very well be a preinstalled trial copy.
And, she may have thought deleting the icon from her user account
deleted the program. I know you said she made html n such, but a
child can do that.



Time to blow the whole thing back to factory specs.


Probably not a bad idea, but, expect to find trial copies
available once you do. Along with some other garbage you probably
don't want or need. You may want to run this after you reload the
machine:

https://www.pcdecrapifier.com/


I bought a similar thing from Tigerdirect 12+ years ago that the
government ran on all of their computers, (Cannot recall the name
right now) it came with 2 uses for around $100. On the first
computer, it seemed to speed things up. On the second computer,
it crashed it and never was fixed. Seems like you could just go to
programs, or look under processes to see what's running and delete
it.


Umm. pcdecrapifier isn't known for messing machines up, but, it's
upto you whether you use it or not. Good luck with your reload and
happy hunting for programs to remove, and just looking under
processes to see whats running and delete accordingly. As a side
note, you have newbie written all over you, but, I don't hold it
against you.



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