Not sure if this may help http://www.infoworld.com/article/3177323/microsoft-windows/microsoft-endorses-convoluted-technique-for-installing-win7-from-scratch.html
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard McClary Sent: 15 May 2017 14:14 To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Updating Windows 7 "Home" on old laptop 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! ---------------- /\_/\ /*--.__/ o o \ / Richard ="= / \ `-. ( "--._)"-._m)m) The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s) of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited unless authorized by the sender. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply email and permanently delete this e-mail and any printout thereof.
