Greetings! Now that OS patching has become an issue lately...
I have an HP laptop, about 5-6 years old (don't know date or model). It came
with a "home" version of Windows 7.
When the time came a couple of years ago, I let MS update it to Windows 10.
About a year later, the screen would start to flicker, break into pixels, etc.
Ultimately, the system crashed and became unbootable. Given its age, I thought
it was a hardware issue with the display.
A couple of months later, I booted off a "live linux" DVD and saw no problems
with the display. So, I dug out the original Windows recovery disk and
re-installed Windows 7. Unfortunately, MS pulled the support plug on older
versions of Win 7. Apparently, only installations past a certain patch level
could receive MS updates. (When I try anyway, it spends literally hours
searching for updates and coming up with nothing.)
Aside from buying a copy of Win 10 (hardware is not worth it, and it is not my
primary machine), is there anything I can download from MS so that it can again
receive security patches (such as the one which was released in March but not
applied on zillions of machines world-wide)? Until then, I can no longer pay
bills, etc while eating.
Thanks!
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