Windows 7 or 8
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09-29-2013, 04:02 PM
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RE: Windows 7 or 8
Hopefully this won't be too confusing, but there are ways to return to Windows 7 on a Windows 8 computer. One way is to create a separate partition on your hard drive and create a dual boot system. This is not as difficult as it sounds. When done correctly you will be given a choice of booting into Win 7 or Win 8 at startup. Of course you need to have kept your Win 7 disk from the original computer it was installed on. An easier way, however, is to download a program such as VirtualBox. You can then install most all old Microsoft (plus Linux and others) operating systems; I still have my disks for Win 98, Win ME, and Win XP, and I enjoy the challenge of trying to get them to work in VirtualBox. (My wife says I take computer nostalgia too far, and she is correct.) Neither Win 98 or ME work very well for me, but XP works so well I wouldn't even know it's operating within the main operating system. Also, when it comes to installing Windows 7 on another computer in your home there is the question of the product key not working on the second computer. However, using the phone, I was able to do this by contacting Microsoft and deactivating Windows 7 on the original computer and activating it on the second one. This saves a good deal of money as you don't have to buy a new Win 7 disk.
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Windows 7 or 8 - Gene C - 09-28-2013, 12:08 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Wild Bill - 09-28-2013, 12:47 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 09-28-2013, 01:21 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - L Verge - 09-28-2013, 01:26 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - BettyO - 09-28-2013, 05:46 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - L Verge - 09-28-2013, 08:41 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - jonathan - 09-28-2013, 11:39 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 09-29-2013, 10:45 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Linda Anderson - 09-29-2013, 11:32 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - JMadonna - 09-29-2013, 08:41 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - JB Banning - 09-29-2013, 10:34 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - JMadonna - 09-29-2013, 03:09 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 09-29-2013, 12:34 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 09-29-2013, 12:39 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 09-29-2013 04:02 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - L Verge - 09-29-2013, 07:26 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Gene C - 10-09-2013, 11:14 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - JMadonna - 10-09-2013, 01:21 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-14-2013, 03:46 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-14-2013, 04:20 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-14-2013, 04:22 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-16-2013, 06:17 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-16-2013, 10:35 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-17-2013, 08:18 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Gene C - 10-17-2013, 08:31 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-17-2013, 09:09 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - BettyO - 10-17-2013, 09:32 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-17-2013, 09:50 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - BettyO - 10-17-2013, 09:55 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - MaddieM - 10-17-2013, 11:26 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - BettyO - 10-17-2013, 11:38 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-17-2013, 03:51 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-18-2013, 05:34 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Linda Anderson - 10-20-2013, 06:37 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-18-2013, 05:53 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - JMadonna - 10-20-2013, 07:39 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-20-2013, 07:59 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-21-2013, 05:26 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-21-2013, 06:46 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-21-2013, 07:03 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - BettyO - 10-21-2013, 07:17 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-21-2013, 10:50 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-21-2013, 09:32 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Rob Wick - 10-25-2013, 08:31 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-25-2013, 08:42 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Gene C - 01-20-2014, 11:59 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 01-20-2014, 02:32 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - JMadonna - 01-21-2014, 09:04 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 01-22-2014, 08:28 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-03-2014, 05:09 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - Gene C - 10-03-2014, 09:58 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - RJNorton - 10-03-2014, 10:49 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - LincolnMan - 10-03-2014, 11:56 AM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - STS Lincolnite - 10-03-2014, 12:05 PM
RE: Windows 7 or 8 - loetar44 - 10-03-2014, 02:15 PM
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