I didn't put much weight on this being omitted since as most here know, Cloning and Imaging is often not mentioned as a PC rollback path in articles similar to this FAQ article. Of note to me is there's no mention of using separate HDD's for running the user's previous Win OS and the upgraded Win 10 OS using Cloned or Image-restored HDD paths.
The upgrade requires installing Windows 10 on top of a valid version of Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation to continue with the upgrade process.
Upgrading to Windows 10 doesn't free up your previous license, so you cannot install your previous version on another machine or in a dual-boot configuration. This part was of particular interest to me in the FAQ:Ĭan I dual boot the free upgrade of Windows 10 with my previous version of the operating system? We can't be idle or dismissive.Įdited by brainout, 02 October 2015 - 12:57 PM. But for those not burdened with that responsibility? Woulda been 'maybe yes', but if the 30 days is being applied on purpose in violation of the EULA, then the answer will have to be BOYCOTT, not merely no. For anyone curating third-party data, the answer to 'should I get Windows10' or 'use Office 365' has to be NO NO NO NO. If like me you have people asking you computer advice, then you want to be able to give it accurately. But JohnC_21 posted that he'd seen another such story too, so we really need to know. Perhaps mistakenly, perhaps the guy's third party story is inaccurate, I don't know.
So when Captain555 said it couldn't be reverted, that the old LICENSE was blacklisted, that's a real problem. Most folks I've read interpret it the same way. I interpreted the 30 days to only mean that the windows.old file won't be able to revert after that time, so you'd need a backup or image or clone to restore the previous version, else a new CD with the OS. I might be gone for a few days, will try to check in.Įdited by brainout, 02 October 2015 - 03:10 AM. So where does the 30 day limit come from? It's not part of the EULA.
At any time, you may replace an earlier version with the version you originally acquired. You must obtain the earlier version separately, for which you may be charged a fee. Neither the manufacturer or installer, nor Microsoft, is obligated to supply earlier versions to you. If the earlier version includes different components, any terms for those components in the agreement that comes with the earlier version apply to your use of such components.
This agreement applies to your use of the earlier versions.
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). Thank you, jonuk76 - that file reads exactly the same as the online license, and has NO EXPIRATION, explictly: For it says (I bolded the last sentence, else unaltered),ħ. This is unconscionable.Įdited by brainout, 01 October 2015 - 04:55 PM. If what he says is true, then Windows 10 is FAR FAR FAR worse than I thought. So is this anyone else's experience, too? That would be a really important thing to know, da? Nyet? He had to go back to 10, and he now has to live with it. So I did and his 7 license would not activate, did the phone activation was told that 7 license was not valid anymore. One of my customers upgrade to 10 and after 30 days the option to downgrade was remove in his settings. He says (in that first link, search on the text) So I assumed it was a Home Retail version, and thus that Paragraph 7 which is on downgrade rights, would be in the download version as well that folks got.īut he says no. The official Win10 EULA I have is the only one MSFT offers online that I can find, here, and it looks much like the Win10 Pro license I have on my machine, yet like Home in that updates are automatic (the 'Home' language for updates, rather than the 'Pro' language we all have in our Insider licenses). Was just commenting in another article with a guy named Captain555, and he claims that one of his computer customers who had Win10 Home waiting longer than 30 days and now no longer has downgrade rights.