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Old 23rd June 2020, 09:20   #1
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windows vista.

I know it is old but I have been given a free laptop for my sister.
There is no money to upgrade so need free stuff.

I can only find things for windows 7 and above, can you help locate something for her?

thank you

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Old 23rd June 2020, 09:57   #2
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Try this link....

https://www.avast.com/windows-vista-antivirus
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Old 23rd June 2020, 10:42   #3
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Nick, appreciate it thank you.

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Old 23rd June 2020, 14:25   #4
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Nick, I downloaded and installed the anti virus. I thought all went well but upon rebooting the laptop and choosing a user to log in to, the laptop seemed to lock itself.
By booting up in safe mode I think I have been able to uninstall the anti virus and the lap top has now booted up.

I am no computer buff. From your link I went to a vista page, when I typed in the link on the laptop it took me to a different page. I don't know if the anti virus was different or not.

I'm frightened to try again.

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Old 23rd June 2020, 14:29   #5
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Nick, I downloaded and installed the anti virus. I thought all went well but upon rebooting the laptop and choosing a user to log in to, the laptop seemed to lock itself.
By booting up in safe mode I think I have been able to uninstall the anti virus and the lap top has now booted up.

I am no computer buff. From your link I went to a vista page, when I typed in the link on the laptop it took me to a different page. I don't know if the anti virus was different or not.

I'm frightened to try again.

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Old 23rd June 2020, 22:44   #6
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Hi macafee2

I always use Panda Free software never a problem,hope the link is ok.

https://filehippo.com/download_panda_free_antivirus/

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Old 24th June 2020, 14:58   #7
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I know you say you need free, but honestly the best solution here is to pickup an OEM Windows 7 licence from eBay for less than £10 and combine with the free windows 10 download (Win7 licence keys are designed to work with 10).

That way you've got an up-to-date operating system that already has 'free' built-n antivirus.
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Old 25th June 2020, 08:11   #8
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I know you say you need free, but honestly the best solution here is to pickup an OEM Windows 7 licence from eBay for less than £10 and combine with the free windows 10 download (Win7 licence keys are designed to work with 10).

That way you've got an up-to-date operating system that already has 'free' built-n antivirus.
please, tell me more about getting windows 10.


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You will need a Windows 7 key (e.g. this)

Windows 10 can be downloaded from Microsoft here. You'll need to make a installation USB, as you're starting from Windows Vista.


Install instructions are here. The exception (Important!) is that you do not enter your product key during installation - wait until it's all installed and asks you to activate.
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Old 27th June 2020, 09:35   #10
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Doesn't this presume the new laptop to have sufficient memory to run W10 - one of the reasons I'm still using XPpro on my non-Work laptop. (?)
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