Any of you Tech guys out here, if MS starts billing for Shattered Windows 10, can I just get rid of it and download an older version, or something else?
Yes, I know that little.
There is actually an option within windows 10 to revert back to windows 7 or 8.
http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/
As long as you still have the original sticker with the product key or license, you can go back to Windows 7 or Windows8. You would just need to download the operating system ISO from Microsoft, (you just sign in to them and enter your legit product key, then they give you the download ISO for your operating system).
After downloading the ISO from MS, you just burn it to a disk. Then use that disk to install your OS. It will ask for your product key at some point so that it makes it a legit copy of your OS.
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I’m having my Techno Wizard son remove Win10 from my laptop and reinstall Win7.
After Win 10 took over my machine all of the software I’ve been using for years quit working and I got a notice “license has expired, enter an activation code”. These were programs I bought (and have the discs for) way before the current system of “you are only buying a license for use” came into existance. I think I see Lennix in my future!
I think there is an option on your system to revert back to 8????
“can I just get rid of it and download an older version, or something else?”
Yes, that something else is called Linux. That is what I did when Vista came out.