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HP laptop question
« on: September 11, 2015, 08:34:50 PM »
Hoping someone a bit more savvy than me has an answer.

Mom just got a shiny new laptop,  high end,  all the bells and whistles.  Came with 8 pro.  She did the update to 10, and now it runs like *expletive deleted*it.  She's familiar with 7, and I have a copy of 7 pro I'd like to install.  All that said,  what's the best way to start fresh?  DBan?  Tried booting from the 7 disk,  but the HP propriatary crap is giving me grief.

Thoughts?  I don't want to go nuts if there's a better way.
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2015, 08:38:02 PM »
nevermind, I'm an idiot.  Forgot about disabling secure boot.
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2015, 09:33:06 PM »
Still hangs on boot,  anyone have a way around that?  Common problem is hardware related,  this thing  being new,  that shouldn't be a factor.
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2015, 09:34:54 PM »
Quote from: Andiron on September 11, 2015, 09:33:06 PM
Still hangs on boot,  anyone have a way around that?  Common problem is hardware related,  this thing  being new,  that shouldn't be a factor.

switch from uefi to legacy
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2015, 09:39:18 PM »
Detcord.
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2015, 09:45:55 PM »
Quote from: Fitz on September 11, 2015, 09:34:54 PM
switch from uefi to legacy

That did it!

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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2015, 10:03:49 PM »
Now your mother can cyberstalk you and your friends on FB, and e-mail you 50 bazillion* cute kitten pictures, quotes, and religious/motivational posters each day, along with updates of how our ex-girlfriends that she liked are making millions on Wall Street, and the ones she didn't like were admitted to the local hospital after a heroin overdose behind the local strip club.  Plus pictures of obscure family members that you only met once in your life and you were only 2 at the time, so you should remember them.  And then the news articles about all your brothers and sisters and cousins that are doing better then you financially, while also saving whales, polar bears, pandas, small African nations and orphans.

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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2015, 10:17:12 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on September 11, 2015, 10:03:49 PM
Now your mother can cyberstalk you and your friends on FB, and e-mail you 50 bazillion* cute kitten pictures, quotes, and religious/motivational posters each day, along with updates of how our ex-girlfriends that she liked are making millions on Wall Street, and the ones she didn't like were admitted to the local hospital after a heroin overdose behind the local strip club.  Plus pictures of obscure family members that you only met once in your life and you were only 2 at the time, so you should remember them.  And then the news articles about all your brothers and sisters and cousins that are doing better then you financially, while also saving whales, polar bears, pandas, small African nations and orphans.

May god have mercy on your soul







* - more or less.  Usually much, much more. 

NEARLY every single thing you posted is accurate,  but for on salient point.  This guy has no BookFace  >:D 

I loath social media,  and my brief experience with it just exposed me to every goddamned idiot that I refuse to associate with in real life.  Pass.

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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2015, 10:23:58 PM »
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2015, 10:27:24 PM »
Quote from: Andiron on September 11, 2015, 10:17:12 PM

I'm content as an antisocial curmudgeon.

The APS ideal
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2015, 10:35:58 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on September 11, 2015, 10:27:24 PM
The APS ideal

Trying really hard :D


Fer'instance:  I can deal with my airhead retard sister on holidays,  even if it involves biting my tongue.  I am incapable of NOT ridiculing her mercilessly on Facebook.  Post your emotional vomit on my "wall" and see what happens.

Hence why I have no facebook.  That,  and IDGARA.
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Re: HP laptop question
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2015, 12:52:05 AM »
Quote from: Andiron on September 11, 2015, 10:17:12 PM
I'm content as an antisocial curmudgeon.

Then you're a fraud. A true antisocial curmudgeon is never content.
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