Not smirking Ausatco and not banging the big Mac drum.
You instinctively know what my answer will be. There are no lists such as you laboriously developed at the top of the page to pass on.
If playing with PC's is your hobby and you get a buzz out of this kind of problem solving that's fine. This forum relies on the goodwill of folks like that.
However, if you place any importance on your time and you want to sit at the computer productively you're simply using the wrong platform and operating system. I've built computers from Altair through Research Machines 8088, Sinclair and on to the earliest Pentium 4's. I don't any more. I guess each of you finds out why in their own time.
Wirelessly yours,
Rob Lloyd