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if she's planning on making it to her late 80s or even her late 70s there's probably not going to be a choice before long. Might as well bite the bullet while she's still young! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I hope MS will regain some user friendship. Hope is last to die
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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I don't like to imagine, what comments such a question will produce in Q/A.
I miss "What have you tried?" 
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Good that it is not a programming question
And about the what have you tried... I better don't answer -.-
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Probably too late now but you might have considered a Chromebook for the old gal.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Yes... it is a bit late 
M.D.V.
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Why didn't you just leave the laptop alone? Seems like you created a world of pain by trying to "downgrade" it to W7, especially since the manufacturer probably doesn't support drivers for W7.
Marc
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I didn't downgrade it.
We ordered it without OS because Win10 made 110€ difference and she wanted Win7 anyways... and now I am regretting it. But that doesn't help
M.D.V.
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Advice: Immediately restore the laptop to factory settings. You did create restore media right? Hopefully you haven't deleted the recovery partition either... at any rate, put a fresh copy of 7 on a new SSD for the 'not so old' rig. You keep the laptop, which is probably way more horsepower than she needs, and let her keep the tower. Good luck! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Quote: put a fresh copy of 7 on a new SSD for the 'not so old' rig
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I fail to see what an elderly woman would miss in Win10 that she had in Win7. Unless she's doing some cross-platformn hw driver development that support iMacs using Eclipse.
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They are stepping it up! 
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Nish Nishant wrote: They are stepping it up!
I assume you are referring to Eclipse.
Marc
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oh just to extent there cloudy reach ehe
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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They first claim to be your friend. Just when you feel comfortable, they will slow replace your activities then boom! Conquer! Taken over!
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Right, that's all the worst IDE in the world needs: the ribbon.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Doctors and lawyers charge you pretty coins for every advice they give.
You wouldn't think twice asking a geek an advice. We should do the same to make our advice more valuable too.
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They can do so because you need them. Once a dev cannot be missed, the same applies.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Jeremy Falcon
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You should start immediately
That'll be fifty bucks, plus tax
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Doctors and lawyers do give out free simple advice to friends and family if they want to.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Don't call them geeks!
veni bibi saltavi
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Oh I don't know, I wouldn't want to be called a nerd either.
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The reason IT has developed so quickly and been so beneficial to so many is largely because if the open-handed generosity that many developers have when it comes to sharing knowledge.
It's one of the things I really value about the developer community - the willingness to share knowledge and help others for nothing.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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