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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 1023028" data-attributes="member: 71262">Performed my very first clean installation of Windows. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😇" title="Smiling face with halo&nbsp; &nbsp; :innocent:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f607.png" data-shortname=":innocent:" /> Unfortunately, my Windows 7 Pro license was &#039;lost&#039; in the process. I had previously used it to upgrade my Lenovo with Windows 10 Home, and then to Windows 11. MS has a policy that W7 licenses can&#039;t be used directly in W11, only in W10, so I&#039;d have to install W10 and then upgrade to W11 again - if that&#039;s even possible. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face&nbsp; &nbsp; :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" />Any members know the answer to that?In any case, I&#039;m now keeping a simple setup, using all built-in features with only a couple of 3rd party programs. No 3rd party UI customization, only W11 features. SAC is now in Evaluation Mode. Everything&#039;s running smooth and I didn&#039;t brick the machine. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite125" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite125" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 1023028, member: 71262"] Performed my [I]very first[/I] clean installation of Windows. 😇 Unfortunately, my Windows 7 Pro license was 'lost' in the process. I had previously used it to upgrade my Lenovo with Windows 10 Home, and then to Windows 11. MS has a policy that W7 licenses can't be used directly in W11, only in W10, so I'd have to install W10 and then upgrade to W11 again - if that's even possible. 🤔Any members know the answer to that? In any case, I'm now keeping a simple setup, using all built-in features with only a couple of 3rd party programs. No 3rd party UI customization, only W11 features. SAC is now in Evaluation Mode. Everything's running smooth and I didn't brick the machine. :LOL::LOL::D [/QUOTE]

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