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10 on a Netbook? SUCCESS!
Have you got a crappy old netbook that you can't even give away?
Install Windows 10 and give it some love!
What you'll need:
A cold room.
A powerful desk fan.
PATIENCE!
My Acer netbook has 1GB of DDR2 memory.
A 32 bit Intel Atom processor running at a blazing 1.60 GHz.
120 GB HDD.
The netbook originally came with XP pre-installed just when the last of the dinosaurs died out.
I since bought Windows 7 Starter for it, but that was pretty slow.
First, I downloaded the Windows 10 (32 bit version) from Microsoft onto my main PC.
I then unpacked the ISO onto a flash drive.
To make the installation go as smoothly as possible I formatted the drive and re-installed Windows 7 Starter.
(..and made sure it was activated.)
I then upgraded that to Windows 10 Home (keeping my existing files and settings.)
(..and made sure it was activated.)
I then formatted the drive and made a clean install of Windows 10.
(..and made sure it was activated.)
This all took several hours and the install process was very slow.
But I didn't encounter any errors or hitches of any kind!
I added the Chrome browser and made lots of various tweaks and fixes....
Disabling superfluous Windows services.
Optimizing Windows for best performance.
Disabling and/or uninstalling Cortana and all the other apps that come with Windows 10.
Disabling Hibernation.
Removed ALL the tiles from the start menu and resized it.
...and many many more!
Then I attached a second monitor.
I Stared with wonder and awe for a few minutes then went to bed.
I haven't had time to actually do anything yet, and that will be the subject of my next post on this thread!
Stay tuned! :)