I upgraded my 2015 Gigabyte computer from Windows 7 pro to Windows 10 64bit Pro about 3 days ago. After some Windows 10 updates I can no longer revert back to Windows 7 as it says: "This option is no longer available because your PC was upgraded more than 10 days ago".
I could have done a clean install but I did not want to spend hours installing all my programs again and copying my files back from my backup.
An unfortunate choice, perhaps,
@davidhelpgop ...
Were I to advise the conversion, I would have recommended buying a cheap SSD drive and put a fresh Win10 install on that drive, swapping it out with your Win7 system drive in order to leave your Win7 installation pristine.
Such an approach leaves an unlimited amount of experimentation on the Win10, to include easy re-rub and re-install... When I am exploring a new OS I always screw it up as a matter of course, as I learn the tweaks I need, and just messin with it. I am almost guaranteed 3 nuke-and-pave restarts and a week or so before I am confident enough to commit to dedicating a full install and normalizing operations.
I am currently doing exactly that with Win11, and actually have been returning to it across months, leaving my Win10s alone for now. Party that is because I really don't like Win11 that much for personal use, but I must use it and hack it in order to fix it for others, so I am kinda obliged to learn it.
As for using tweakers, I tend to stay away from that generally, as they are merely shortcuts to what I must learn anyway, so I prefer the hard way. Inevitably I will write a batch to fire all my personal tweaks into the system at once... My standard tweaks in Win10 have been applied like that for years. But I know how to use the interface to apply most of them by hand... That's just part of the discovery process.
I am interested if you were able to upgrade your system for free - I know a Win10 install will still take a Win7 key, at least as of several months ago, but it's been a long, long time since I did an upgrade, and I don't know if they still simply use the Win7 key without an upcharge. Would appreciate your input on that.
Glad your upgrade is sticking alright. Congratulations.
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