Win 7 Professional being forced to Win 10

[Splinter]

Sorry folks, sure there been a few threads about this. But:

- why do I see my Kaspersky disabled everytime there is a new request for me to upgrade to Windows 10. I wish I was in USA - class action lawsuit you mofo's

- ignoring the above - I click on upgrading to Windows 10. What happens if I need to reboot and reset my PC? With my legitimately purchased Windows 7 (Professional) ?

 

[sajunky]

Don't do upgrade for now, it is not ready for prime time. Uninstall KB3035583 (Win10 nag things). If you have automatic updates enabled, you must hide this update.

If you want to register Windows 10 on Microsoft's servers now (to register a free upgrade on Microsoft servers), use a spare hard drive for an upgrade. Once activated, reconnect your old drive and use Windows 7 as usual.

 

[HavocXphere]

All the spying kark got backported to Win7 anyway so you might as well "upgrade". Win 10 isn't all that bad in terms of usability.

 

[backstreetboy]

Just upgrade. Windows 10 is probably the only best thing with MS right now.

 

[Splinter]

I have no qualms about W10 being stable or whatever. My question is this - I "upgrade" to W10 and then, for whatever reason, I need to reboot my PC or new HD. What then?

 

[backstreetboy]

I have no qualms about W10 being stable or whatever. My question is this - I "upgrade" to W10 and then, for whatever reason, I need to reboot my PC or new HD. What then?

Then use your Windows 7 key again and go back to Windows 7. Or try your luck at Windows 10 insider then.

 

[sajunky]

I have no qualms about W10 being stable or whatever. My question is this - I "upgrade" to W10 and then, for whatever reason, I need to reboot my PC or new HD. What then?

During the upgrade it will reboot many times. Don't enter any keys. Connect to Internet, it will activate. Once activated, it will activate again any fresh installation on the same motherboard. New hard drive, no problem.

The only problem is when your motherboard fails and get replaced, you will lose Win10 activation. Then you can use Windows 7 key for activation on your Win10 istallation, but only if you have retail keys. OEM or DSP keys cannot be used for activation. You would have to install Windows 7 with your keys, validate copy online, then repeat upgrade process. If you have DSP key there is potential problem, as during the first upgrade Microsoft has linked your key to the old motherboard. I don't know how Microsoft will handle this issue, perhaps you would need to activate over the phone line.

 

[Idiosyncratic]

All the spying kark got backported to Win7 anyway so you might as well "upgrade". Win 10 isn't all that bad in terms of usability.

Yep, but if you're like me, then you've either never installed (or subsequently removed after installing) all the spying updates of Windows 7.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I have no qualms about W10 being stable or whatever. My question is this - I "upgrade" to W10 and then, for whatever reason, I need to reboot my PC or new HD. What then?

It gets linked to your Hardware ID so you can reinstall and re-activate into infinity.





If you do a motherboard swop you might need to do telephonic activation,but that's about as complicated as it gets.



Also Windows 10 much like 8 doesn't believe in this formatting nonsense. Instead it does a "reset" to just installed freshness or even a reinstall without losing your data.



Of course most people with archaic Windows logic still believe a clean install is the only way to achieve this, but short of a new HDD it's not required. Even then just clone your install.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

There are cases where reset refuses to work.

 

[Splinter]

During the upgrade it will reboot many times. Don't enter any keys. Connect to Internet, it will activate. Once activated, it will activate again any fresh installation on the same motherboard. New hard drive, no problem.

The only problem is when your motherboard fails and get replaced, you will lose Win10 activation. Then you can use Windows 7 key for activation on your Win10 istallation, but only if you have retail keys. OEM or DSP keys cannot be used for activation. You would have to install Windows 7 with your keys, validate copy online, then repeat upgrade process. If you have DSP key there is potential problem, as during the first upgrade Microsoft has linked your key to the old motherboard. I don't know how Microsoft will handle this issue, perhaps you would need to activate over the phone line.

Ta.

 

[Claymore]

During the upgrade it will reboot many times. Don't enter any keys. Connect to Internet, it will activate. Once activated, it will activate again any fresh installation on the same motherboard. New hard drive, no problem.

The only problem is when your motherboard fails and get replaced, you will lose Win10 activation. Then you can use Windows 7 key for activation on your Win10 istallation, but only if you have retail keys. OEM or DSP keys cannot be used for activation. You would have to install Windows 7 with your keys, validate copy online, then repeat upgrade process. If you have DSP key there is potential problem, as during the first upgrade Microsoft has linked your key to the old motherboard. I don't know how Microsoft will handle this issue, perhaps you would need to activate over the phone line.

You need to reinstall Win7 DSP, activate, and reinstall Win10 upgrade.

 

[czc]

Not at my office. The SBS box refuses to update anything.

 

[AstroTurf]

Only gripe with Windows 10 is that it is a data hog.

 

[rambo919]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/gwx-...t-accidental-windows-10-upgrades-499426.shtml