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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1065981" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Well, it's now clear that Microsoft DIDN'T close all the backdoor upgrades to W10 from W7 - a U3A colleague found this link "Download Windows 10" ( <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10?fbclid=IwAR1lOGwvIXsJOAWCEN02FhbIEnkIIf_jnxACy87cBqkYgM0Q9WxjSOg95MI" target="_blank">Download Windows 10</a> ) from somewhere!</p><p></p><p>I was very doubtful that it would work but he said that he'd upgraded an old W7 m/c a week ago and the process didn't even ask for the Product Key - so I had a go with my old Acer X275 Win 7 Pro desktop, and that did actually work, and again without asking for the Product Key, (albeit at the 2nd attempt after it hung in a "looping mode" 1st time around.), and so it's now running Win 10 Pro.<img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> </p><p></p><p>OTOH, it then did lots of further updates (and reboots!) and I've had to spend the last hour or so removing a lot of the unwanted "c**p" Apps that Windows 10 installs without asking (e.g. why would I need 3x Xbox apps or the Camera App, when I don't have an XBox, and the old desktop doesn't have a camera???).</p><p></p><p>Some of those Apps can be uninstalled via Settings but many cannot - and so I did some digging and found "IObit Uninstaller 8 Free" which managed to remove pretty much everything I didn't need . Uninstaller 8 Free kept nagging me to buy a subscription - but I ignored that because I will hopefully not have to use it too much again. If you want this very useful tool, it is here: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iobit.com%2Fen%2Fadvanceduninstaller.php%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2ExJFubuR2qsy33pWbtttrDvyj7qRTS-qBRm__gGfgLE-ZD8cvCHtz-d8&h=AT16BY6MscynXbSbfL0qAdeepdDbK-ocK_5MbDa2h66mJ08mYRWmAa6uFsJDLCcFHFaRzjvFnvJbXL1o4q8foRirlrmLJVT-wX1b-gpwhQZ7e_oe68HMEfXuAPlB1NzLh1k" target="_blank">https://www.iobit.com/en/advanceduninstaller.php</a>#</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1065981, member: 176704"] Well, it's now clear that Microsoft DIDN'T close all the backdoor upgrades to W10 from W7 - a U3A colleague found this link "Download Windows 10" ( [URL="https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10?fbclid=IwAR1lOGwvIXsJOAWCEN02FhbIEnkIIf_jnxACy87cBqkYgM0Q9WxjSOg95MI"]Download Windows 10[/URL] ) from somewhere! I was very doubtful that it would work but he said that he'd upgraded an old W7 m/c a week ago and the process didn't even ask for the Product Key - so I had a go with my old Acer X275 Win 7 Pro desktop, and that did actually work, and again without asking for the Product Key, (albeit at the 2nd attempt after it hung in a "looping mode" 1st time around.), and so it's now running Win 10 Pro.:rolleyes: OTOH, it then did lots of further updates (and reboots!) and I've had to spend the last hour or so removing a lot of the unwanted "c**p" Apps that Windows 10 installs without asking (e.g. why would I need 3x Xbox apps or the Camera App, when I don't have an XBox, and the old desktop doesn't have a camera???). Some of those Apps can be uninstalled via Settings but many cannot - and so I did some digging and found "IObit Uninstaller 8 Free" which managed to remove pretty much everything I didn't need . Uninstaller 8 Free kept nagging me to buy a subscription - but I ignored that because I will hopefully not have to use it too much again. If you want this very useful tool, it is here: [URL='https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iobit.com%2Fen%2Fadvanceduninstaller.php%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2ExJFubuR2qsy33pWbtttrDvyj7qRTS-qBRm__gGfgLE-ZD8cvCHtz-d8&h=AT16BY6MscynXbSbfL0qAdeepdDbK-ocK_5MbDa2h66mJ08mYRWmAa6uFsJDLCcFHFaRzjvFnvJbXL1o4q8foRirlrmLJVT-wX1b-gpwhQZ7e_oe68HMEfXuAPlB1NzLh1k']https://www.iobit.com/en/advanceduninstaller.php[/URL]# [/QUOTE]
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