Ironman
Ultra Member
We are running Win10 on our 3 computers here. Recently the brains at Bills Privates (micro soft) decided to force people to use their new stuff, like Win11 and force them to buy a new computer to do it. My wife does the accounting for our 3 companies, and was horrified to find her accounting software will no longer work, as it requires Internet Explorer, and she suddenly has Edge. Micro Soft says it is for your own good(really, they did).
I first tried to roll back the last two updates. I have spent the last 3 days attempting to find how to re-download IE. Some tech sites say it is still there but micro soft has hidden it. Wrote a .vbn script to bring it back, and found the IE files have been deleted. I tried 4 to 5 different methods off the net, and micro soft does not offer it on their site.
Now, further info.... We were in Mexico for the last 3 weeks and the computer was unused. We have all updates checked off. It cannot update unless we want a security update or such, and allow it.
Bill's Privates were able to enter the machine, past all her multiple passwords and delete all IE files, even though the updates still to this day remain off.
This morning we got it back and here's how:
I found the PC Settings, System/Optional Features/Add a Feature allows you to add Internet Explorer 11 to your box of rocks. It downloaded this "feature" from some hidden MS site and my wife is happy again. And the accounting software is too.
I also found I can download Win 11 on any old computer with a registry hack and UEFI change. They have colluded with other companies to tell you what you need, (new computer) and force you to do it. It's for your own good.
Just for kicks I put win 11 on a 12 year old computer and it works fine. No, not noticeably slower.
Evil lurks in cracks and holes, and lives in peoples minds, as the song says.
I first tried to roll back the last two updates. I have spent the last 3 days attempting to find how to re-download IE. Some tech sites say it is still there but micro soft has hidden it. Wrote a .vbn script to bring it back, and found the IE files have been deleted. I tried 4 to 5 different methods off the net, and micro soft does not offer it on their site.
Now, further info.... We were in Mexico for the last 3 weeks and the computer was unused. We have all updates checked off. It cannot update unless we want a security update or such, and allow it.
Bill's Privates were able to enter the machine, past all her multiple passwords and delete all IE files, even though the updates still to this day remain off.
This morning we got it back and here's how:
I found the PC Settings, System/Optional Features/Add a Feature allows you to add Internet Explorer 11 to your box of rocks. It downloaded this "feature" from some hidden MS site and my wife is happy again. And the accounting software is too.
I also found I can download Win 11 on any old computer with a registry hack and UEFI change. They have colluded with other companies to tell you what you need, (new computer) and force you to do it. It's for your own good.
Just for kicks I put win 11 on a 12 year old computer and it works fine. No, not noticeably slower.
Evil lurks in cracks and holes, and lives in peoples minds, as the song says.
