It was actually my sighted friend, Markus Johnson (yes, that's "Markus" with a "K", not a "C"), who suggested I run Windows 7 in its default state with updates turned off. I'm with you on that

 Atta Girl, Annabelle! I'm still running Windows 7 on my laptop and my audio workstation is still Windows XP 3rd Edition. Dave Oregonite, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer

 I'm not willing to change my colors for anyone.

I run Windows 7 with no updates, as updates break compatibility with JAWS 15.

Indeed, and I was not trying to imply you wouldn't, nor that continuing to use Windows 7 is a good idea. I have, however, witnessed an awful lot of clinging to dead OSes, and some people are going to

Absolutely agree with this (and your point about using an SSD as the main drive, possibly partitioned into the Windows OS portion and keeping User Data on it on a partition of its own). I actually

I agree with Brian, Windows 7 is a thing of the past and you really should make the jump to Windows 10 whenever it is that you get a new computer. Besides the fact that Windows 7 will have no more

Problem is, after support ends you get no security updates, so you will be vulnerable to being hacked. Annabelle Susan Morison wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The

This is true if the original license is not multi-machine. But, if it's single machine, and the license is a retail license, you can reinstall it on a new machine provided the old one is

 Windows 7 is what I use, so even if support ends, I'll still be happy with what I have.

You would need to get another product key to put Windows 7 on more than one computer. Windows XP is very dangerous to have out there. Annabelle Susan Morison wrote: -- Your life is like a penny.

The end of support for Windows 7 is also now only 8 months away, so it makes no sense, if one is going to continue into the future under the Windows ecosystem, to use Windows 7. The folks that develop

I wish I could upgrade my Dell Machine, but I'd rather just build one from the ground up and put Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit on there. That way, if anything breaks down, I could just swap similar

hi, is there a thunderbird add on or something to import the address book from wlm to tb? at first i was able to eventually find the wlm export button with the mouse. but i can't find it now. with tb

You should not be using Windows xp on the internet! Someone could put a key logger and know everything you type. There are no security updates for xp and its the wild west out there. Annabelle

 I'm trying that, but it seems to want to make the Control, Shift and Right Alt keys work together as a trio. What's up with that, I wonder?

 I don't have Windows 10. Just Windows XP 32 Bit on two machines (one desktop and one laptop), and Windows 7 64 Bit on a third machine (a desktop).

When I'm in the Keyboard Manager, what would I look for? How would I assign the Right Alt key to the Left Alt key? Would it change both of them to be just plain "Alt"? I'm confused!

ctrl + shift is supposed to disable alt gr...

I found this it may or may not help: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-do-i-enable-or-disable-alt-gr-key-on-windows-10-keyboard