Windows 7 downgrade

Note downgrade rights are only available as long as Microsoft provides support for that earlier version, as outlined in the Windows lifecycle fact sheet. Second I have another anti-virus now and windows defender is still working even if I manually close it from settings.

And it did that on every clean install I've done, as I have reinstalled windows 10 multiple times. The problem is that an year after that I had to reinstall windows as it began working bad, and so after that I couldn't downgrade to win7 witch was an option before reinstalling windows I have the same question Report abuse.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Ken Blake. Why do you want to do this? In my view, it's almost always a mistake. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Ken Blake's post on February 18, In reply to TheYoloCat's post on February 18, You can do whatever you want. It's not up to me, even though, as I said, I think it's a mistake. But as I said, it's your choice.

I really don't care. Bill Smithers Volunteer Moderator. Let me point a couple of things out for you, 1. You do NOT delete it. If you wanted to use a different anti-virus, install it and Defender will be disabled.

Thanks for your feedback. SafarnadM V. Recently I bought a laptop with pre-installed windows 10 original. I would like to have windows 7 instead of windows How i can downgrade to windows 7 original. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 9. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. I did not get a compatability report about the languages pack; only a small warning that the system needed rebooting before runing setup.

After the second time running setup. When I was done, I was able to confirm that the windows version had been downgraded to Home Premium. But, a brief warning about activation of the product key. When I tried activating it, the system responded that it was invalid and that I could not activate it online and needed to do a phone activation process to get an confirmation id.

I figured, I was already done with the deed and since I legally owned the license aka product key I had nothing to loose. The pop-up warning window asked me to call a toll free number and follow instructions.

The call was answered by an automated system which asked me to enter on the phone a total of nine six-digit number groups which were displayed on the pop-up instructions. The automated system allows for all the number groups to be repeated to verify they are entered correctly. I completed the phone verification process and there it was My thanks go to everyone who contributed in this thread on this page.

Also, my thanks go to the following websites and postings which also helped me to do this. Mind you, I used the advice in all of them as advice only and did not follow anyone's instructions blindly or uniquely.

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Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 3 months ago. Active 4 years, 9 months ago. Viewed 94k times. Can't find exact same scenario on other Qs so posting this Did not activate and using 30 day period. Simply don't want to reinstall and move to professional ver. Improve this question. Tom Tom 3 3 gold badges 8 8 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges.