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Old January 29th 16, 08:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T
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Old January 29th 16, 08:59 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 01/29/16 11:46, T so wittily quipped:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


the rumors I hear are a) clean install, b) phone activation

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Old January 29th 16, 09:18 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 01/29/2016 11:59 AM, Big Bad Bob wrote:
On 01/29/16 11:46, T so wittily quipped:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


the rumors I hear are a) clean install, b) phone activation


Bummer!

Fortunately he has his w7 disk and oem sticker

Thank you anyway.
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Old January 29th 16, 09:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


Not unless a prior to Win10 upgrade Win7 image exists.


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Old January 29th 16, 09:30 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 29/01/2016 20:46, T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,


After the 31 days, windows.old (which contained the windows 7 files) is
deleted. After that, I don't think you can "dowgrade" and migrate 10's
applications to windows 7. You have to install windows 7 again or
restore it from some backup or recovery image if you happen to have it.

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Old January 29th 16, 09:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 01/29/2016 12:30 PM, edevils wrote:
On 29/01/2016 20:46, T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,


After the 31 days, windows.old (which contained the windows 7 files) is
deleted. After that, I don't think you can "dowgrade" and migrate 10's
applications to windows 7. You have to install windows 7 again or
restore it from some backup or recovery image if you happen to have it.


Bummer
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Old January 29th 16, 10:06 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:46:30 -0800, T wrote:

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)



For a while here, Windows Update had Windows 10 listed as an
optional update AND automatically check-marked.

If I had left Windows updates on automatic instead of "let me
choose", I would also have been upgraded without requesting.


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Old January 30th 16, 12:07 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 01/29/2016 01:06 PM, Ralph Fox wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:46:30 -0800, T wrote:

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)



For a while here, Windows Update had Windows 10 listed as an
optional update AND automatically check-marked.

If I had left Windows updates on automatic instead of "let me
choose", I would also have been upgraded without requesting.



For my w7, w8 customers who do not want w10 or want to
lose the space on their hard drives to the download,
I install GWX Control Panel

http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/201...ly-remove.html
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Old January 30th 16, 04:39 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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T wrote on 2016/01/29:

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after he upgraded his
7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that, but...)


Tell your customer that if he/she is going to assume the role of
sysadmin that they should be reviewing EACH update BEFORE installing it.
Turn off automatic updating and look at each update offered.

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days expires without
wiping and reinstalling?


Sure. Have this sysadmin-assuming user restore from one of the backup
images that were saved before making major changes in either hardware or
software.

Yeah, I know, you have an ignorant user playing sysadmin who has nowhere
near that expertise. Tell them to start digging for the Windows 7
installation media to do a fresh install of Windows 7 (followed by the
many hours of updates, application installs, and all configuration or
tweak changes). However, before they start all that, have them start
saving their data files onto removable media.

Maybe getting burned with having to escape route will teach them the
value of having regularly scheduled backups. They should even be doing
that with the Windows 7 fresh install so they have an image of plain
Windows 7, Windows 7 after all the updates, Windows 7 plus all apps, and
Windows 7 plus apps plus config changes plus data files. Start their
backup training with the fresh install of Windows 7.
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Old January 30th 16, 04:41 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

T wrote on 2016/01/29:

Big Bad Bob wrote:

T so wittily quipped:

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?


the rumors I hear are a) clean install, b) phone activation


Bummer! Fortunately he has his w7 disk and oem sticker Thank you anyway.


So this self-professed sysadmin didn't bother to read the manual to
follow the instructions on how to create factory-restore CDs from the
hidden hard disk partition. This user now gets to call the OEM and pay
a fee to have restore CDs postal mailed to him.
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Old January 30th 16, 07:10 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


Jesus, doesn't anyone make backups any more ? :-)

Paul
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Old January 30th 16, 07:21 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


Jesus, doesn't anyone make backups any more ? :-)

Paul

Did the majority ever ?

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Old January 30th 16, 08:30 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


Jesus, doesn't anyone make backups any more ? :-)

Paul


Backups? We don't need no stinking backups!

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Old January 30th 16, 09:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 1/29/2016 10:21 PM, ...winston‫ wrote:
Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)

Is there any way to revert back to 7 after the 30 days
expires without wiping and reinstalling?

Many thanks,
-T


Jesus, doesn't anyone make backups any more ? :-)

Paul

Did the majority ever ?

The way windows comes on the new PC, many people have no place
to put a backup, even if they wanted to.
Takes some planning and a modification of the partitions
to make backups quick and easy without buying external drives.

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Old January 30th 16, 10:03 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Is there a way to revert to 7 after 30 days has expired?

On 1/30/2016 3:46 AM, T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a customer that waited to long to call me after
he upgraded his 7 to 10. (He claims he did not request that,
but...)


Suggest a complete re-installation of Win 7. You got a clean starting
point and you never knew what Win 10 had done to drive C:!


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