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Hi Leo; I have an old HP computer with Windows Vista. What do I need to do, short of buying a new computer?
As with so many things … it depends.
I’ll review what’s necessary to run Windows 10, and then we’ll examine a couple of alternatives.
windows vista
Tip Of The Day: Executable Properties
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Tip of the Day: The PSTools Suite of Command Line Tools
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Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel
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Tip of the Day: Master File Explorer Columns
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Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers
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Tip of the Day: Access Device Manager Quickly
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Tip of the Day: View the Full Path in Windows File Explorer
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Tip of the Day: Disable Screen Effects for Speed
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Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons
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Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere
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Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields
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Tip of the Day: Where Does Save Save?
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Tip of the Day: Change the Output Audio Device
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Tip of the Day: Hide the Taskbar
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Tip of the Day: Run Anything
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Tip of the Day: Tune Your Text for Easier Reading
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Tip of the Day: Restart Explorer
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Tip of the Day: Add RAM
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Tip of the Day: SendTo Notepad
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Tip of the Day: View Remembered Wireless Networks in Command Prompt
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Tip of the Day: Quickly Run Two Copies of a Program
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Tip of the Day: Try the Word Processor You Already Have
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Tip of the Day: Run a Program Minimized from the Command Prompt
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Tip of the Day: System Information in a Keystroke
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Tip of the Day: View Your Network IP Configuration
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Tip of the Day: Make a Shortcut to a Web Page
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Tip of the Day: Manage Taskbar Icons
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Tip of the Day: View the Full Taskbar Notification Area
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Tip of the Day: When “Run as administrator” Isn’t Available
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Tip of the Day: Run “As” Administrator
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Tip of the Day: CTRL+ALT+DEL
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Tip of the Day: Turn Off Hibernate (and Free Up Some Disk Space)
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Tip of the Day: Mouse Selection Techniques
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Tip of the Day: Exit Windows Using ALT+F4
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Tip of the Day: Tracert
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Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Search
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Tip of the Day: Resolve IP Addresses in Command Prompt
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Tip of the Day: Change Your Browser’s Home Page
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Tip of the Day: Add Your Own Auto-Start Programs
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Tip of the Day: Copy as Path
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Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop Full Paths into Command Prompt
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Tip of the Day: Quickly Change the Default App for a File Type
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Tip of the Day: Minimize and Restore Programs Quickly Using the Taskbar
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Tip of the Day: Windows Calculator
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Tip of the Day: Dump the FAX
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Tip of the Day: Use Remote Files Without Connecting First
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Tip of the Day: File Extensions
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Tip of the Day: Get Speccy
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