Windows 10 upgrade


  1. wideminnow70
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    Windows 7 Home 64 bit, Wndows 7 Po 64 bit
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    Windows 10 upgrade


    I recently upgraded my computer from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro.

    Some of my programs that ran on Windows 7 Pro no longer work.

    Can I reinstall Windows 7 Pro on another drive using dual boot and use both operating systems?

    Thanks
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello artylor, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    I'm afraid that you can only have one or the other Windows installed at the same time unless you have a different product key to activate with.

    Windows 10 is using your Windows 7 key to be activated, so if you reinstall and activate Windows 7 with the same key while Windows 10 is still installed and activated, both will eventually be deactivated.

    Since this is a program issue, you might see if running that program in compatibility mode with Windows 7 selected may help.

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  4. ThrashZone
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    Hi,
    Yep
    Sometimes a clean install of 10 and reinstalling all programs will help incompatibility issues.

    What programs by the way ?
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  6. AddRAM
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    Of course you can, but why would you keep 10 ??

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  7. wideminnow70
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    Thanks, better safe than sorry...
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