"I do my installs from USB thumb drives. Way faster than from a DVD. All my drivers are on another thumb drive. And another with office etc. My laptop has 2 SSD drives in it. A 128 GB drive for Windows and a 256 GB drive for Data. I put the original 750 GB spinner that came in it in an external USB 3 enclosure for backup. I can almost install windows with my eyes closed. That's not because I think I'm that smart, its just because I've done it so many times.
I'm the goto guy for family and friends when they have screwed up their system."
>>That is quite a system you have but you do not have to depend upon downloads. I just put Office on removable as my pc only accepts 64 bit and it was hard to find.
I may be wrong but I thought the goal of computers was to make things more user friendly but it seems the public is shying away from the complexities of the new operating systems and computers in general.
My gateway was installed by a tech with WEP. I am lucky I owned a previous router or would no nothing about configuring it . He said it was secure but when I opened it, the first thin I saw was system insecure'.
So poorly trained techs and increasing complexity have many people who are not too techy like me scratching their heads. Pcs are needed for faxing etc. but are not user friendly, imho.
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