My desktop was built from bits ~10 years ago. The video card popped a capacitor (later repaired) and was replaced with a better one. I upgraded the memory with used ebay purchases....max is supposed to be 3 Gb but it "sees" the 4 installed
It's partitioned with XP( sole purpose to drive a R/C helicopter flight sim) and the default is Linux.
This ubuntu has not been updated for at least 6 years!....When my kids visit,i complain that U-tube and flash player no longer work. nor does the DVD burner.
They shrug their shoulders and tell me to bin "that old junk"
I plug in a camera....itis recognised and pics are downloaded......I plug in a printer....Laser, dot-matrix, Inkjet are all automatically recognised. It prints letters and pictures. it works and is prompt...anything over 5 seconds ,is a "cancel and try again" issue. .....In extremis, I turn it off at night and reboot it the
following morning....otherwise it's on 24/7/365.
get rid of your windoze..Ubuntu is free they'll even send you a disc if you can't be bothered to download and DIY..
I have never gone through ANY of that rigmarole you do weekly
You must really, really love your wife to put up with that..
