Windows 10: 'porting' W10 (via W7) to new desktop PC....

Hello everyone. Sadly, my venerable 8 year old PC has died. I'd like to install Windows 10 on my new PC, but I understand that moving W10 isn't as easy as that (I think!)

The original installation of W10 on my old machine was performed as an upgrade from a genuine stand-alone copy of Windows 7 premium, that I bought several years ago.

Would I be able to follow the same installation path on my new machine, as the old one (install genuine W7, then upgrade to W10) or will my stand-alone (non OEM) W7 been linked (or at least its license) to my old PC, even though non-OEM licenses can be moved from PC to PC?

Many thanks in advance

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W7 or W10

Hi everyone,

I have got W10 for a while. Now I have upgraded my PC. But, Lots of part of the motherboard / sound, graphic / can't work properly, because their drivers were writing for W7. Under W10 they just work on basic level. The issue about the compatibility makes lags
in games and in other type of usage. Now I would like to get back to W7 my pc. How can I do it? Obviously I am over the 10 days since upgrade. I, also, do not want to lose my works, software. Any suggestion? Should I buy a new HDD with W7?

 

W7 access of W10 share

On my home network W10 systems can access shares on other W10 systems, and W10 can access W7 shares. However, when W7 tries to access a W10 share, it wants a network password. I give it the user/pswd I use to log in on the W10 but that doesn't help.

I found one place:
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/cannot-access-shared-folder-windows
that suggested setting HKLM...Lsa\restrictanonymous to 1
but that didn't seem to help.

TIA!

 

W7 to W10 upgrade

I have tried to upgrade to W10 home premium from my 64-bit W7 home premium operating system on my laptop. I checked that I meet all requirements and have tried everything anyone ever suggested. I wasted 2 days in December 2015, and still failed.

I had no problem in March 2016 upgrading my desktop W7 Ultimate to W10, so I thought I might try again to upgrade my W7 home premium.

I have now wasted another 2 days in March trying to upgrade the laptop. Either it is a problem with my laptop that the Windows Update Trouble-Shooter does not find, or W7 Home Premium (64) will not upgrade to W10. I give up.