Underclocked
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I think a lot of people it's a dichotomy. Trying to balance the strong desire for something free with the panic associated with "change" puts them into overload mode.It's funny how individuals from the same species, doing the same things, with the same devices, on the same planet, and on this forum mostly even with a common background and interest can have so wildly varying opinions. There are people that are angry about this (free, in the Google sense of the word) operating system, like really actually angry, then there are those that have a problem and either fix them or give a big "bummer, maybe they'll fix it eventually", and then no small portion that are doing just fine with it. We're a weird animal sometimes.
I dont want to dig through to find it.
How do you do a clean install with Win10? I have legit Win 7 professional key but want clean install on my work PCs
I think a lot of people it's a dichotomy. Trying to balance the strong desire for something free with the panic associated with "change" puts them into overload mode.
I would like to see Microsoft get this one shoved up their ***. They deserve it.
Unless something has changed in the last few days, you have to do the upgrade first to convert your key to a valid 10 key, then you can run the create USB or ISO tool and just install it. Click skip when it asks for a key, once it's booted it it'll activate all by itself. Worked like a charm twice for me.
Unless something has changed in the last few days, you have to do the upgrade first to convert your key to a valid 10 key, then you can run the create USB or ISO tool and just install it. Click skip when it asks for a key, once it's booted it it'll activate all by itself. Worked like a charm twice for me.
Do I get the ISO off the website? And how do I get my key or does it use the same key? in other words does it install like a typical clean install and then ask for the key to activate it?
There's a utility to make the ISO that you can burn off. You don't get a key. MS converts your win 7 key into an ID based on your machine's specific hardware and registers it. When you install fresh, skip the key part of the installer. It will automatically activate later on without you having to do anything because it sees the hardware ID it created during the upgrade install. Do the upgrade install first. Then you can clean install with no entering of the key.
The version of Windows I upgraded was a retail version, does that still have the same "install it as many times as you like, on what ever you like as long as there's only one current install" thing going on?There's a utility to make the ISO that you can burn off. You don't get a key. MS converts your win 7 key into an ID based on your machine's specific hardware and registers it. When you install fresh, skip the key part of the installer. It will automatically activate later on without you having to do anything because it sees the hardware ID it created during the upgrade install. Do the upgrade install first. Then you can clean install with no entering of the key.
The version of Windows I upgraded was a retail version, does that still have the same "install it as many times as you like, on what ever you like as long as there's only one current install" thing going on?
Windows 10 is really on the news now a days. It is everywhere in the web. And most threads about it are negative. Having to read those made me realize not to switch to Windows 10 and stay on the OS that I am used to be using.
Oh right, I should've known, just that I don't remember seeing it before.Kernel times, been in there since NT4