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Thank you PK and Susan.  I followed your advice and now have a laptop running Win 11 23H2.  No more worries about an unsupported OS version or an untested OS version.

PK, thanks for pointing out Rufus and the links to the Win 11 23H2 download, as well as the Enablement Package.   I now have version 23H2 on a bootable thumb drive.

Susan, thank you for the advice on In Control and also pointing out the enablement package., I hadn’t realized In Control could be set to a specific OS version.  I had thought it only applied to a current OS version.

Note to Paul, I had no issue with PK’s link for Rufus.

 

Thanks PK.  I had booked marked that information earlier and have used it for all my family’s PC’s.  I guess I just didn’t connect TRV with Targeted Release Version.  I guess it was just the issue I had with unfamiliar acronyms.

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Coldheart9020

CraigS26,

Glad to hear it went so well.  Would you please explain the meaning of TRV as I’m not as advanced as the others here.

Thanks

I’ve dabbled in Linux since about 2005 (remember Breezy Badger), and I do mean dabbled and am by no means an expert at it.

The points the article makes are all valid, but it does not address the shortage of specific application software.  While there are alternative apps for many windows applications, certain apps, such as Turbo Tax have no Linux equivalent (I realize that tax software providers offer online tax preparation alternatives, but many don’t feel secure with that option).

While the lack of application software for Linux has been an issue since the beginning, as time has gone by there are fewer and fewer apps without serviceable Linux equivalents.  As more users move to Linux, developers take more of an interest in offering such software.  Unfortunately, it has, and is, taking a long time for more to be available.

I had an Acer D250 in the same configuration as the OP, but upgraded the memory to 2Gb (the max).  I also currently have an ASUS 1005HAB with the same specs and upgraded ram which came with Win 7 Starter.

Both these machines  run Win 10 horribly slow.  Upgrades take vastly longer than they should, but as someone indicated they can be used as Win 10 test machines.

I have tried several versions of Linux on both the netbooks, but find Anti-X and Bunsen Labs seem to work the best, as they are light on resources, but even they are not that great, especially when web browsing.

For me, these machines are far past their useful lives and are ready for pasture.  I would not recommend you spend any money to upgrade your Acer in anyway as it will be a waste.  These old netbooks were very under-powered when they were new and totally obsolete now, in my opinion.

Here’s hoping.

So it will remain, but be unaccessable?  I guess that’s better than nothing.

Point well taken.

For some reason the icon wasn’t removed and I had two different looking icons for Edge.  I should’ve check it out before reacting.  Thanks for pointing it out.

Based upon my experiences and that of other in this post, Win 10 works well on some fairly old PC’s (mine are circa 2009, 2011 and 2012 running 1909).

When I upgraded to Win 10, I installed new SSD’s and cleanly installed Win 10 on them.  Of course, doing so requires that apps be reinstalled and data be moved to the new drive from the old drive.

Using this method, if you encounter any issue you can just reinstall the “old” drive.

I’ve had no problems yet.

I just checked and the PC world Software Sale which includes Windows 10 is back on as of September 1 foe the whole month.

https://software.pcworld.com/p43169-windows_10_professional

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As has been mentioned, this swelling of this type of battery is not as uncommon as it should be.  5 years ago I bought an inexpensive Lenovo “laptop” to use only during leisure traveling,  so if I lost it or it was stolen it would be no big deal.

After 2-1/2 years, the battery was swollen to the point that it ripped out one of the screw anchors holding the screw which hold the base together under the keyboard.

While it probably wasn’t worth the effort, I super-glued the screw anchor back into position and found a inexpensive replacement battery online and put it back together.  It has been fine since, but I wouldn’t waste my time or money again.

I wish laptops were still available that have batteries that were the “old fashion” type which just side out from the back of machine.

Next time I’ll go with a tablet instead.

Why would a company knowingly push unfinished, untested products out the door?  The only answer I can think of is because certain executives bonuses are based upon meeting unrealistic deadlines.

All 3 Windows 10 1903 machines show nothing for any updates and none have been installed since February 1.  All are now deferred until 2/23/2020.

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woody

Thanks PK.

I was just thinking if MS has this latest and greatest iteration of their browser, the could clean up their OS a bit by removing everything IE from it.  Hopefully someday.  I do have IE turned off.