March 8th, 2018, 12:06 AM
You can reduce the data collection and reporting to the lowest level, and if you choose the LTSB, you get only security updates. Those are the biggest differences.
March 7th, 2018, 02:41 PM
That might explain the activation failure issue.
March 7th, 2018, 01:22 PM
Hmm... The first link from post #3 (ZDNet's Ed Bott) seemed to indicate that he had no trouble in January 2018 with using a key from a previous Windows version.
Windows 7 should be OK until early...
March 7th, 2018, 11:40 AM
Did you try the Windows 7 key?
March 6th, 2018, 06:52 PM
What motherboard does that system have?
March 6th, 2018, 05:54 PM
You should be able to do that, however, a clean install is required, which means re-installing all application programs and settings.
How much memory does his system have? If it only has 4 GB or...
March 6th, 2018, 04:06 PM
More links that you might find useful:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/
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