That's a great summary of how you want to handle this! Let's move on to something new.
That's a great summary of how you want to handle this! Let's move on to something new.
I have also done it, at least five or six times on different machines, even one that originally had only an OEM license, but, I have also seen OEM licenses not want to work until AFTER an upgrade to Windows 10, so I don't know that it works in every case or if that was only an early on type thing when the upgrade was still within the first year of being offered.
That is why I gave two options. If RL says it works, and has done it recently, then you can pretty much take that as gospel. I have also done it recently as I said, but those were retail Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 licenses. I don't know if he was referring to an OEM license going straight to Windows 10 clean install or not AND I don't know if you have an OEM or a retail license. Do you know?
I did an in place upgrade to my friends Windows 8 laptop like 3 weeks ago, went on no problem. I did a fresh Win 7 License key install a few months ago. The license was OEM, and obviously the laptop was pre-installed, so it seems Microsoft has turned nothing off.
Should be no worries going straight to clean install then, and cutting out the unnecessary step of having to upgrade first. Thanks for that confirmation. I knew it worked still, I just didn't know if straight to clean install worked still for OEM licenses. Good thing to note.
Wellp, i have a few hours ahead of me between moving games to my storage HDD and downloading/burning the windows install to a CD and getting all of my saves/folders that i want to keep backed up. I want to take the time to say that i really appreciate all the help you guys are providing me, Ive been through 6 different forums and sat through 5 months of support tickets through Bethesda and Ubisoft and i'm glad to finally have some sort of avenue to pursue with actual explanations and reasonings behind them.
I do have a couple of questions though as i'm going through this. I currently have limited bandwidth and i noticed that windows 10 likes to do quite a bit of data collection and update queries. Ive also noticed it likes to basically google anything you type in the search bar which would be quite a nuisance. (one of the major reasons i havent upgraded in the past) Do you have any recommendations on how to disable that once i get to that point?
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