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tinrobot

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3. Bill Gates left Microsoft a loooong time ago.

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 09:06 PM

Aug 2020

He said Bill Gates was hauled in front of Congress and made to stop. The son set up Firefox and something else on this new laptop, so I don't think it is locked.

Gates stopped being CEO twenty years ago. He's not even on the board of directors anymore. He couldn't "make them stop" if he wanted.

And no, Microsoft products are not "locked". You can install pretty much whatever you want. The simple fact that the son installed Firefox is proof that non-Microsoft products can be installed.