You have 30 days to downgrade Windows 10

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Certainly doesn't seem to be enough time for one to decide to keep Windows 10, but if the release is stable enough for everyday use... then it should be fine.


Would be great if Microsoft would officially announce everything we need to know without constantly changing it.
 
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What if I upgrade to Windows 10 on a Windows 7 computer and after 30 days I decide to go back to Windows 7... can't I just wipe the computer and reinstall my copy of Windows 7? Please don't tell me that after 30 days that my Windows 7 license is no more and I am permanently locked into Windows 10?
 
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Blackhawk said:
What if I upgrade to Windows 10 on a Windows 7 computer and after 30 days I decide to go back to Windows 7... can't I just wipe the computer and reinstall my copy of Windows 7? Please don't tell me that after 30 days that my Windows 7 license is no more and I am permanently locked into Windows 10?
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That is what i was thinking. o_O:confused:
 
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What has changed? Mass-media interpretation and "reading into" of what Microsoft has announced keeps changing, not Microsoft's announcements, save for adding more detail to what was already announced.

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Please don't tell me that after 30 days that my Windows 7 license is no more and I am permanently locked into Windows 10?
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M$ announced that your Win7/8 key will be "absorbed" into the free Win10 upgrade.
 
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Blackhawk said:
What if I upgrade to Windows 10 on a Windows 7 computer and after 30 days I decide to go back to Windows 7... can't I just wipe the computer and reinstall my copy of Windows 7? Please don't tell me that after 30 days that my Windows 7 license is no more and I am permanently locked into Windows 10?
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The license of the old OS (Windows 7 or Windows 8.1) is transferred on Windows 10 during the upgrade procedure. After 30 days the licence will remain valid only for Windows 10 and cannot be reused to install Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
 
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Klipsh said:
The license of the old OS (Windows 7 or Windows 8.1) is transferred on Windows 10 during the upgrade procedure. After 30 days the licence will remain valid only for Windows 10 and cannot be reused to install Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
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Within 30 days one can do clean install of Win 10 & revert back to Win 7 with clean install, right?
 
I guess it is good i have a extra windows 8.1 license and DVD.. :) Should some time after the month is up, i decide i want to revert, i will be able to. Of course there is always Linux :D
 
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yesnoo said:
Within 30 days one can do clean install of Win 10 & revert back to Win 7 with clean install, right?
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In my opinion we must before necessarily start upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. You can however subsequently reinstall Windows 10 ("clean install") using the ISO images that Microsoft will make available.
I have some OS images of Windows 7 but as the Windows 10 activation takes place via validation server I will definitely go back again to Windows 7 within one month, but after I do not know if the Win 7 image can still be used.
 
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In my opinion we must before necessarily start upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. You can however subsequently reinstall Windows 10 ("clean install") using the ISO images that Microsoft will make available.
I have some OS images of Windows 7 but as the Windows 10 activation takes place via validation server I will definitely go back again to Windows 7 within one month, but after I do not know if the Win 7 image can still be used.
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I would say not as the windows licence key is transfered to Windows 10 but not really sure. o_O:confused::(
 
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I would say not as the windows licence key is transfered to Windows 10 but not really sure. o_O:confused::(
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I think that within a month we can decide what to do but after the license is transferred permanently to Windows 10 : the old license I think no longer exists.
 
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Still its a user further decision if want to upgrade or not, in such other logic; either you want to accumulate the time or afraid it might be waste. ;)
 
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