Big Al wrote:


One big issue with going from 10 to 7 on a preloaded machine is drivers.
Investigate that first. No drivers=No workie!

That's a good point.

If the box had a Skylake processor, chances are there
won't be a problem getting the core drivers.

Microsoft may try to disable Windows Update if the
box uses Kaby Lake processor. Someone made a workaround
for that. It's not clear whether the Microsoft trick
is consistent with Coffee Lake or not.

With the OS installed but not activated, you have
a 30 day grace period to work with, so could do your
testing and tweaking before committing to a license key.

Paul