Question About Going From Windows 10 Back to Windows 7

Someone said that if you take Microsoft up on their free Windows 10 offer, and then decide to go back to Windows 7, you cannot, because the process of getting Windows 10 will invalidate your Windows 7 key. Is this true?

Jim

bromanbro said:

Nobody's sure yet. Therefore, if you are thinking you mite want to go back to Windows 7, don't reserve the upgrade yet. Wait until post-release to see what happens.

Thanks, my friend. I just cancelled my reservation until I hear more.

It's highly unlikely that your key would be invalidated. After all, what if the upgrade didn't work? You would need to be able to go back. It's just not logical to even believe MS would do that.

bromanbro said:

MS mite want everyone on Win10. Plus, they don't want people selling their old keys on ebay and such. If that happened, nobody would buy Windows until 7 reached EOL

Microsoft monitors Ebay for that sort of thing, and they get those auctions canceled.

Regardless, this is no different than any other situation. When Windows 8 came out for $40 upgrade, people weren't selling their Windows 7 licenses on ebay... or Vista before that, or XP before that...

Hi there

Just IMAGE your system (Acronis etc) - BEFORE applying for the W10 update.

Then You've no problems in ANY scenario on RESTORE -- as your W7 installation would be exactly as before you wanted the upgrade -- no probs.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

Just IMAGE your system (Acronis etc) - BEFORE applying for the W10 update.

Then You've no problems in ANY scenario on RESTORE -- as your W7 installation would be exactly as before you wanted the upgrade -- no probs.

Cheers
jimbo