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Downgrade from 10 to 8.1 to 7?
I have a beautiful new desktop. It came with 8.1, and never having used 8 or 8.1, I decided to just wait for 10, which I did, and installed it.
I immediately became aware of the privacy issues, the mere idea of which enrages me---WHY? WHY can't people simply mind their own business?
My desktop has been sitting idle since I installed Windows 10; I've read about things to do to opt out of this or that, but I don't think the problem will go away. Here's my question:
Is it a poor idea to consider uninstalling Windows 10 in favor of installing Windows 7, which has never been on the new computer? I don't know how uninstalls work: if I uninstalled Windows 10, would my computer revert to Windows 8.1, or what?
If I uninstall Windows 10, will its tentacles still be clinging to its various stake-outs on my desktop -- will it ever be truly gone??? How will I know?