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As a serious Penquinista I like to avoid Microsoft Windows as much as I can. I do keep a few old (and mostly scavenged) PCs around with Win98, XP and Windows 7 on them... just for these few stupid tasks that linux can't do or do easily.
My latest rescue (curb collected, garbage picked) needed a new power supply and after it was installed the machine booted up with a full install of Windows 7 Ultimate... over the original Vista. The drive was *full* (like 95% full) of *stuff* - including 130 gigs of ripped TV shows: mostly manga. Embarrassing.
I found RAM on sale and doubled what was installed. A cheap processor bumped me from 1.8 ghz to 2.4 ghz. I need to scavenge a front USB jack because the originals were *trashed*. I can get the one that will fit in the 3 1/2 inch drive bay. It could use a better video card but not right now. Ccleaner, Avast and Malwarebytes helped clean up and speed up the system... but I strongly suspect it's a mess under the hood.
I did find the Win7 key and copied it.
Since I am a Good Person I wiped the disk using DBAN. It took 5 hours to securely erase 256 gigs. I'm not interested in your *personal* data. I will point and laugh though.
Then I installed Windows 10 Pro.
*hangs head*
I feel so dirty. (LOL)
It was an interesting experience. Microsoft has gotten so *nosey* about everything. But what struck me was the pleasant little screen at the end of the install which says,
LEAVE IT ALL UP TO US
*That's what I'm afraid of!*
There's a chance that the Windows 7 key will work and will activate Windows 10. I'll check that tomorrow. In the meantime I need to take another shower. (LOL)
-m
My latest rescue (curb collected, garbage picked) needed a new power supply and after it was installed the machine booted up with a full install of Windows 7 Ultimate... over the original Vista. The drive was *full* (like 95% full) of *stuff* - including 130 gigs of ripped TV shows: mostly manga. Embarrassing.
I found RAM on sale and doubled what was installed. A cheap processor bumped me from 1.8 ghz to 2.4 ghz. I need to scavenge a front USB jack because the originals were *trashed*. I can get the one that will fit in the 3 1/2 inch drive bay. It could use a better video card but not right now. Ccleaner, Avast and Malwarebytes helped clean up and speed up the system... but I strongly suspect it's a mess under the hood.
I did find the Win7 key and copied it.
Since I am a Good Person I wiped the disk using DBAN. It took 5 hours to securely erase 256 gigs. I'm not interested in your *personal* data. I will point and laugh though.
Then I installed Windows 10 Pro.
*hangs head*
I feel so dirty. (LOL)
It was an interesting experience. Microsoft has gotten so *nosey* about everything. But what struck me was the pleasant little screen at the end of the install which says,
LEAVE IT ALL UP TO US
*That's what I'm afraid of!*
There's a chance that the Windows 7 key will work and will activate Windows 10. I'll check that tomorrow. In the meantime I need to take another shower. (LOL)
-m
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