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[BoDill]

billyswong,

My two laptops were loaded by myself. Sadly, I have never had a good memory, and at 77 years old (78 in June), it barely exists, so I don't remember how I did it! The only thing that I can confirm is that I made the choice because of something that "Windows" did that I didn't like.

In case your next question is to ask if I have both systems (Linux and Windows) on any of my computers, the answer is NO. Over the years, people like yourself have been helping me cope with computer problems in a way that I wouldn't expect from Windows.

Again, I am out the door in a few minutes, so I probably won't get back to this today, but I want to repeat that I have not ignored your instructions in your previous post (Mar 25, 3:37), and I will do my best to straighten all this out.

If I manage to get this taken care of, one way or another, I will report back.

BoDill

[Schultz]

Can you just go back to the same computer shop and tell them to this time install Mint with the Mate desktop?

[BoDill]

To Schultz and all,

After three days of getting nowhere, and this is my fault, not yours, I took my computer back to the shop and had the new 2.0 Tb drive loaded with a new copy of Linux Mint Mate, and nothing else. Since I first started using Linux (and I don't remember exactly how that started), I have been using a "Mate" edition.

So......I have marked this as "Solved", as I don't want to simply abandon it just because I don't need it anymore.

Thank you ALL for your help, and for your patience.

BoDill