Microsoft to users: You'll download Windows 10, and you'll like it
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If they decide one day that your install key is no longer valid - and a new install of Windows 7 suddenly will not activate - there is little you can do about that.
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Vp,
I am almost sure that would be illegal in the U.S. and possibly other countries. Yes, you lave a license to use it. However, the purchasers intent was to buy legal windows 7 sp1 retail disk or legal windows 7 sp1 oem device. If an operating system is going to expire, you are to be notified before purchasing the item(s). Disclaimer-I am not a lawyer.
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Microsoft does not seem to understand the principle of ownership
Here is where you are wrong. You don't own Windows or a version of it. Only Microsoft owns Windows. You only pay for their permission to use it.
If you wanted to own Windows, you would have to buy Microsoft. Look at their stock value and compare that to your bank account.
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Microsoft does not seem to understand the principle of ownership
Here is where you are wrong. You don't own Windows or a version of it. Only Microsoft owns Windows. You only pay for their permission to use it.
If you wanted to own Windows, you would have to buy Microsoft. Look at their stock value and compare that to your bank account.
I wonder how much it would cost me to buy it?
Let me check my wallet.....
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I did a survey from Microsoft the other day. All sorts of questions about how I feel about Microsoft. For every question where I was allowed to type something in, I placed the words:
"I hate that Windows 10 is being rammed down my throat."
I left my email address at the end of it. I wonder if a representative will contact me? :lol:
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Not surprising at all...
Real solution -> Disable WU service completely.
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However, the purchasers intent was to buy legal windows 7 sp1 retail disk or legal windows 7 sp1 oem device. If an operating system is going to expire, you are to be notified before purchasing the item(s).
Understood - they "should" notify you. - they will not take the time to notify you with some official letter in which you can review at your leisure. There is no option to say No - forever.
I agree - as a licensed Windows 7 user - I "should" be able to use my purchased license uninterrupted until the end of time.
But MS - does not care to ask me, inform me or do anything to allow me to continue using my license without my mounting of a non-stop campaign here at the house to ensure that Windows 10 does not slip onto any machine via the side door undetected and take out a perfectly good Windows 7 install
VP
Last edited by Barman58; 16 Apr 2016 at 13:33.
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VP,
My understanding of U.S. Law (I am not a lawyer) is they can't legally de-activate your windows 7 or cause your system not to be activated as long as your purchase was legal. However, they can stop updates at anytime, I think that in the EULU.
It is not as simple as notification, they would have to pay you money for the os disk or the computer you purchased with windows 7 pre-installed.
My windows 7 oem slp can not be deactivated unless they want to deactivate people who have upgrade to 10. Clarification, I mean those people who upgraded from windows 7 oem slp to windows 10.
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My Call
I will use 7 as long as I want or when MS prevents it. I can always go to Linux. Which has it's advantages.
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VP,
My understanding of U.S. Law (I am not a lawyer) is they can't legally de-activate your windows 7 or cause your system not to be activated as long as your purchase was legal. However, they can stop updates at anytime, I think that in the EULU.
It is not as simple as notification, they would have to pay you money for the os disk or the computer you purchased with windows 7 pre-installed.
My windows 7 oem slp can not be deactivated unless they want to deactivate people who have upgrade to 10.
Nor can any OS be deactivated unless the user connects to the internet...
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VP,
My windows 7 oem slp can not be deactivated unless they want to deactivate people who have upgrade to 10. Clarification, I mean those people who upgraded from windows 7 oem slp to windows 10.
Microsoft has always deactivated the Licence of all operating systems that are upgraded to a later version, this is to ensure that you cannot continue to use a licence that you have swapped for a upgraded licence
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