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Can I downgrade to windows 7?

Anonymous
2018-02-18T13:14:00+00:00

I have windows 10 since I built this computer, but my pc has never had as previous version windows 7. Can I still downgrade my windows 10 pro to windows 7 pro without buying an windows 7 license? If not can I sell my windows 10 license and buy a windows 7 licence with the money on the windows 10?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T19:39:05+00:00

    Because I am sick of the lack of control windows 10 offers. I want to delete system 32, let me do it, it will be my fault for my comp not working. 

    Some of the programs like windows defender I am not able to end task from task manager. I don't like it. It should be my choice if I want windows defender on my computer or not, even if it is built in windows 10.

    Also the support is now ****, I talked to 3 of microsoft's agents and they didn't even try. a few months ago they would help me troubleshoot the problems I have, would even give me a program for them to see with their own eyes what is happening. Now I have to go pay 99$ to get a "premium" service so that I get help with deleting windows defender.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T19:31:32+00:00

    No, you can not downgrade. You would have to do a clean installation of Windows 7, and to do that you need to buy a copy of Windows 7.

    Be very careful about buying Windows 7. Microsoft no longer makes or sells it, and a lot of what you might find are pirated copies.

    Before buying Windows 7, be sure your computer is compatible with it, and that any needed Windows 7 drivers a re available for it.

    If your Windows 10 license is retail, you can sell it. If it's OEM, its license is good only for the first computer it's installed on, and someone who buys it wouldn't be able to install it.

    Why do you want to do this? In my view, it's almost always a mistake.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T20:05:45+00:00

    But wat if I get the instalation disck from someone else? Will windows detect that I had profesional windows and will let me install windows 7?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T19:59:53+00:00

    mabe

    mEssAgE MUsT cONtAiN aTleAsT 6 chaRacTeRS.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T19:56:05+00:00

    You can do whatever you want. It's not up to me, even though, as I said, I think it's a mistake.

    But let me point out that, more than anything else, the lack of control and problems you are experiencing have more to do with your lack of knowledge on how to configure it and how to use it. If you do research on your issues with web searches, ask questions about them here, and perhaps install a third-party program or two, you could make it much more to your liking, and not have to deal with an obsolescent operating system, its lack of up-to-date security, and so on (not to mention that you would save the cost of buying Windows 7).

    But as I said, it's your choice. I really don't care.

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