I will do what you suggest after running MEMTEST86, but I won't be able to
download that package until tomorrow morning. I'll make a bootable USB flash
drive for that.
>
>I find it curious that you consider an old, unknown version of Win 7 to
>be less security challenged than the current version of Win 7. If it
>were mine I would:
>
>1) Change Windows update setting to *not* accept "recommended" updates.
>(That's to prevent Windows 10 from being installed)
>2) Run Windows update and install the fixes for possibly hundreds of
>security vulnerabilities found and fixed since your version was built.
>I assure you they are there whether you think so or not.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>On 3/24/2016 11:42 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>> I found a Microsoft self-help page that lists a number of things to
>> try, and I've earmarked that page to try this Sunday when I bring the
>> Dell laptop to the coffee shop for its weekly updating. In the
>> meantime, should anyone know of some remedy, I'd like to know. I DO
>> NOT have any Win7 installation disks, and I DO NOT want to update it
>> to some later security challenged version.
>>
>>
>> Chris
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