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10-07-2019 10:26 PM
The specs of your machine is
https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06406376
It uses Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) which is an Intel Gen 8 processor..
Sorry, you have no choice, you have to live with Windows 10 because many drivers are not available for Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. USB 3.0, specially video drivers are non existent. Please also check the following article
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-7-wont-work-intels-current-next-gen-cpus/
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10-08-2019
07:19 PM
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07:36 PM
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Arthur-c
Well I Guess I'll firgure out how to install Linux's software and just change my ways gonna miss my Excel formulas but I cant deal with their none stop harrassment trying to make me download this and privacy bs...it my computer I'll do what I want with it! Microsoft can kiss it... there are other software..it might take another 10yrs for me to know it inside and out but MiroSoft has gone too far with me and I paid for the software didn't download for free or anything,do edited if I'm gonna let them tell me what I gonna do!!! Thanks again for help!!