How do I uninstall Windows 8.1

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2. What did you have before?

If your laptop came with Windows 8.1, you are going to have to go into the BIOS and change back to the non-EEFI BIOS first before you can do anything, then install whatever you want then. I'll be honest with you, if you aren't very computer literate, it's going to be damn near impossible, not to mention you may not be able to find drivers for it.

I recommend a few things - either spring for the MS Office Suite, see if you can use Open Office (it opens Word docs, etc) or you use Google Docs and upload what ever is on your old PC to Google Docs and use them there. Open Office is a great alternative to MS Office.

I could be more helpful if I knew what exactly you are doing at the telecommuting job, i.e. primarily doing documents, spreadsheets or what have you. Hope some of that helps.