So I'm doing this to use it on a virtual machine. I have an old W7 install on a saved and cloned virtual machine, but I figure this is my path to a free upgrade. Seems legit, currently downloading the ISO from MS as I type this. Being a Linux user, I kinda hate it, but sometimes you need Windows, and I'd like to be able to test out things on it too.
Reminded me of the video where a guy did a fresh install of Windows 1.0 and upgraded all the way to Windows 7. An amazing amount of programs still ran by the time he got to 7.
I will investigate, but if you have a solid source for that it would save me the trouble. Thanks anyways. I’d really like for MS to stop doing this if they haven’t, I have a personal ban on running Windows outside of VMs until its over.
UPDATE:
Sigh... you are correct. Fresh install, Win10 Pro, same garbage.
I moved a Windows 7 installation between computers several times now - just clone and go. There's some whining and drivers on first boot, but otherwise it's fine. I really need to reinstall it, but can't be bothered right now, it works fine :D
Installed in less than 30 minutes (including VMWare stuff) and then I can test in a pure Windows 7 default environment.
The great thing about the Enterprise trial is it lasts for 60 days, then you can "rearm" (google it) for a couple more times, but even when it's expired, you can use it for an hour before auto-shutdown which is plenty of time to test pages.
This article came exactly 1 day too late for me - I literally just blew away one of our test machines yesterday morning, only to find I can't activate it unless I re-install Windows 7. To make matters more fun I chucked the Win7 install disk in the trash thinking, I won't need this again!
I'm working now to move my Win 8 install to a VM then I can format this damn machine an install a real OS. All I need Windows for really is Skype and MS Teams.
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