I wonder how I am getting the pop up ad for Edge unless someone is hacking my computer with the add?
Most likely it was a windows update that was installed that is now advertising the new MS Edge.
I have never heard a good thing about win 10, only bad.
And those bad things are?
I don't like the way Windows 10 looks out of the box, I've changed it to how I like it. I've got an actual start menu that looks like XP/Vista/7, I've also got the quick launch bar at the bottom.
Instead of listening to what others say, you might want to at least try it and see for yourself.
Secondly, I don't like win 7 either. It is huge program with all sorts of things I don't need.
Then don't use them. Every new version of windows had some new apps or features that microsoft thought would come in handy. It's up to the end user if they want to use them or not.
I have to reboot once in a while right after the initial boot.
Sounds like an issue with the windows install or possible malware issue.
I tried cleaning the C: drive, with the internal windows program and it screwed up my windows installation so bad I had to do an image restore. I had to import my favorites, emails, all the updates etc.
I don't recommend using the windows disk cleanup utility. About the only thing you should be doing is running Ccleaner(just the cleaner not the registry cleaner) and Malwarebytes every couple weeks.
My computer runs no faster even though I am using faster, dual CPUs
How much ram is installed? 8gb should be minimum for windows 7. You don't have dual cpu's, you most likely have a dual core cpu. Big difference. Dual cores just don't cut it anymore with the newer operating systems. They were fine with XP, but system requirements increased big time once Vista came out. Minimum requirements nowadays should be a quad core with at least 8gb of ram installed. Using an SSD for your boot drive is truly the only way to make a system run faster.
The trouble shoot virtually never finds the problem.
Although I have system repair discs, creating one is now impossible. All I get is an error box. Have for years.
scannow doesn't fix all the problems
There is nothing out there that will fix all the issues a computer may have. its not all cut and dry issues. I have my own computer repair repair business that I do on the side for over 20 years now and trust me I've come across some head hurting issues. I've helped hundreds of users on this forum as well.
I have an XP computer and it is lightning fast,
XP was a great and fast OS but its past its lifetime.
If I could find another computer that worked with dell XP,
You won't. No hardware today will run on XP, called driver availability.
Also be aware there might be an issue with your restore image.
The main thing that needs to happen is to be educated properly on what to do and what not to do when using a computer. I do my best to train all my clients on this procedure so I don't have to go back so much to fix their issues and low and behold no matter how hard I try they don't listen. I give them all the free tools and programs to keep their system clean and running smoothly and they just won't do it.
In the end its your decision to run whatever OS you want. I'm just trying to better educate you. Let me know if I can be of any more help.