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Old 03-14-2012, 12:54 PM
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Actually, they do tell you to make a recovery disc and constantly keep reminding me to make it.....but no harm in trying restore back .....

I really miss my XP.....not wild over Windows 7 either....even though I've had it for one year now.

Hubby decided to replace his so that we'd be on the same page (last year) and he hated it so much, he's back to using his oldest computer.

I wouldn't have changed at all except my hard drive totally crashed after 7 years, which is about the lifespan of HP computers, as per my own experience over the past twenty years or more.

P.S. BIG MISTAKE
I figured I'd help him out by finding instructions to delete Windows 8 from the computer.......I did find instructions for uninstalling it....but I think it was a "trick".......as soon as I went to copy and paste it, it began downloading Windows 8 on my computer. I shut down immediately....it had 97% to go.
I had also tried to PRINT IT OUT.....but that's when the download actually began...........luckily, no harm done.
Microsoft will stop security updates on XP and Office 2003 around April 2014.

I still have an XP machine but I am really enjoying Windows 7 on my laptop. Not sure why there is so much bashing of it. OK, I've said enough...