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Having just spent literally hours - from approx 3.00pm to 8.00pm - trying to sort my laptop after hubby did some software updating which totally stuffed it
I'm sick to death of all things Microsoft! The issue seems to have been that it didn't like the changes he was doing so BitWarden (Microsoft's flaming oversensitive minder!) 'bricked' my new laptop and wouldn't accept any of the restore key codes I have so I couldn't get past it!!! 
After loads of research and trying all sorts, and changing what I could get at, all to no avail that I could tell of anyway, I finally managed to get it to accept one of my restore key codes but I've had to install Windows 365 on a 5 day 'freebie' as I think it's my old MS Office 2010 it took umbrage to, fortunately I work with a split drive so all my documents etc are safe otherwise, as Taggart would allegedly say, there's "been a murder"! At one point I had 3 laptops on the go to get the info I needed including my Lenovo with the broken screen hinge which I'd propped up on the coffee table.
At least my 'brick' has now turned into a 'brickette' as I still need to set-up all the bits and bobs on it to how I like it so I've got a lot more time to spend to sort it out which is gonna take ages as it wiped out all my restore points, which I couldn't access anyway when BitWarden blocked me out.
I've done a new restore point for my drives so hopefully if I need them in the future I'll be able to get at them ... or not!
I was going to buy a newer copy of Office from Groupon as there are some cheap offers on there at the moment, but it's got me wondering about abandoning that idea and going with Libre Office which I've just downloaded which I'll have a play with tomorrow.
www.groupon.co.uk
Fortunately I remembered the recent thread (below) discussing Libre Office so got the link for it off there:
www.motorhomefun.co.uk
I do a lot with Excel and Word, and occasionally Powerpoint, so don't need anything else really so would like to hear people's views of how MS and LO compare before I commit.


After loads of research and trying all sorts, and changing what I could get at, all to no avail that I could tell of anyway, I finally managed to get it to accept one of my restore key codes but I've had to install Windows 365 on a 5 day 'freebie' as I think it's my old MS Office 2010 it took umbrage to, fortunately I work with a split drive so all my documents etc are safe otherwise, as Taggart would allegedly say, there's "been a murder"! At one point I had 3 laptops on the go to get the info I needed including my Lenovo with the broken screen hinge which I'd propped up on the coffee table.
At least my 'brick' has now turned into a 'brickette' as I still need to set-up all the bits and bobs on it to how I like it so I've got a lot more time to spend to sort it out which is gonna take ages as it wiped out all my restore points, which I couldn't access anyway when BitWarden blocked me out.

I was going to buy a newer copy of Office from Groupon as there are some cheap offers on there at the moment, but it's got me wondering about abandoning that idea and going with Libre Office which I've just downloaded which I'll have a play with tomorrow.
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Fortunately I remembered the recent thread (below) discussing Libre Office so got the link for it off there:

Can the hive mind recommend.......
I need to write just one document and I am looking for recommendations for a safe FREE download, it's not worth paying to do just one thing. If I need to make good use Mircro Word in the future, which I hope I will, I will then download & pay for it.

I do a lot with Excel and Word, and occasionally Powerpoint, so don't need anything else really so would like to hear people's views of how MS and LO compare before I commit.