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Nice one, glad it's working now 🙂
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Chrome for me and it's updated frequently.
Windows 10 anti-virus is more than sufficient, no need for anything else imo.
Very well done, that's not easy.
I run multiple browsers. Check out Brave.
You don't need AV beyond what you already have, MS Defender.
Thanks Cougar2, it was good to be able to do it, been a long time since I had any involvement in computers and things have changed quite a bit.
Another one for Brave. Recently started using it on my old iMac running Linux and it's been super snappy.
I knew we'd get there in the end with no need for new drives or sending it to a shop!
Yeah, Brave is good. Although my default is Chrome, Brave is great for YT and also use it on my Android phone.
I wonder idly, what's the going rate in a "shop" these days?
I had my tumble dryer fixed a couple of months back, the drum bearing had eaten itself. (I'm quite practical, but I have The Fear of anything that's held together with massive springs and don't want to end up like Phineas Gage.) It cost me £60 and I thought I'd got a good deal. If I were to fix someone's laptop I'd balk at asking for that sort of money and it's (arguably) a far more complex skillset.
What would other readers consider to be good value for a laptop repair / rebuild?
Back when I worked in a shop many years ago it was more than £60 to do a full rebuild.
Now I would be suprised if you get much change out of £150.
Combination of a more complex skillset and something that even with the skillset can take a bit of time.
I thought us tech people were recommending people NOT use Brave due to the CEO being a homophobic CV19 denier 🙁