My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn’t an option

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Find out what version of windows that laptop ships with, and install that. Windows licenses have been tied to mobos for a while, there’s a good chance it’ll just activate. If you need an installer, you can download ISOs and tools to make a bootable USB from Microsoft’s site.