It may have been "wrong"
it may have ruffled someone's feathers,
but it was not incomprehensible.

And, the references provided, supported the assertions made.

Nevertheless, I am not here to...

PING ms
13
DOWNLOAD Mbps
17.40
UPLOAD Mbps
6.15

:cry:
not competetive with most.
I WAS satisfied,

Well, the "Oulook"-based "fix" is what was offerred to me by MS when I was trying to repair it: (the homegroup)
(I can copy and paste it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027674)

I use...

My homegroup (which included this machine and two running Win 7)
was running fine, until the last update, which wiped the homegroup out.

MS has a facile solution, to replace the homegoup...