Both our laptops are reconditioned HPs too. We bought them for the same reasons you did, especially because they have Windows 7 - hate 10.The PC is a reconditioned HP that I bought for cheap just over a year ago. At the time I thought we didn't need a fancy dancy brand new one and it'd do just fine for a bit of downloading,surfing the web
and for posting/reading here plus it's one of the few computers that still came with Windows 7 on it.
Next computer bought for this house is gonna be brand new.
Phew.... this event could have been alot WORSE and thankfully it wasn't!
STAY SAFE!
Ermmm.... No BBQ or smoked meat for the wife and I today.![]()
But hearing your story makes me wonder if it might be time to replace them with brsnd new ones. Besides I have my own Windows 7 disk so I caould scrub them and install it if I wanted. Hmmm.