Recent content by Oldgrump

Learning windows 10? I've been using it since it was first started being developed (I was a contract coder on it). It's a good system...just too much for my HP laptop, as it requires mass amount of video memory to run properly. Thus it performs slowly for me and I went back to Win 7.

I use windows 7 with internet explorer 11. Whenever I get onto the 'net, a very large and annoying blue, square popup appears on my explorer homepage, recommending me to upgrade to windows 10 ( I hate win 10, as it slows down my laptop). I click onto the X up in the right corner of the popup to...

I've used every known version of windows (including BOB), and like 7 better then win 10. It loads fast and never slows my computer like 10 does.

I am a 66 year old single guy living in Idaho (moved from Seattle). I've been into computers since 1967, when I worked at my old Air Force base back in Minnesota, I used to be a Microsoft beta tester since dinosaurs roamed the earth (have all original versions of DOS and Windows...including...