| Re: Windows 10 warning [message #109040 is a reply to message #109011] |
Sat, 02 January 2016 06:01   |
mikeaudet
Messages: 474
Registered: February 2009
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Hi all,
I just thought I'd post something about downgrade rights.
Microsoft is pushing Windows 10 really hard, and one of the arguments they make to get people to try Windows 10 is that you can always go back to your previous operating system within 30 days.
that may not be entirely true.
If you do this with an OEM version of Windows, you lose the right to run your old OS after official support ends.
You can go back to your original OS, but, as I read it, the initial Windows 10 upgrade replaces your Windows 7 or 8 license with a Windows 10 license. So, after reverting to Windows 7 or 8 from Windows 10, you are now running your old copy of windows under the downgrade rights section of a Windows 10 license.
It states:
"If you acquired a device from a manufacturer or installer with a Professional version of Windows preinstalled on it, you may use either a Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 7 Professional version, but only for so long as Microsoft provides support for that earlier version as set forth in (aka.ms/windowslifecycle). This agreement applies to your use of the earlier versions..."
So, you could end losing your Windows 7 license, just for trying Windows 10, as soon as Windows 7 support ends.
All the best,
Mike
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