Thursday, October 1, 2015

windows 7 - Can I legally downgrade from Win 7 64 bits to Win 7 32 bits?






Tired of the unstable Win 7 64bit I got when I purchased my laptop (it was impossible to find a powerful laptop with Win 7 32 bits).


Can I legally downgrade from Win 7 64 bits to Win 7 32 bits?
The key/activation will work?




Details: Everybody comments about the stability of Win 64.
Well, I made a mistake. Is not that Win 64 is unstable (it never crashed). It just works very poor. It feels choppy. Compiling a large program (on an old AMD desktop PC) takes 1.5 seconds on Win 32. The same program compiles on Win 64 in 4-5 seconds in this new and "powerful" laptop. All programs are less responsive.


Answer



Yes for retail Windows 7 licenses.


When you buy the retail DVDs Microsoft gives you both versions, 32 and 64. As long as you only install and license one of them at a time, Microsoft doesn't really seem to care which you use. I have downgraded one system with no issues - though you will have to backup and reinstall everything - but you knew that.


For OEM licenses, at the time you purchase an OEM copy of Windows 7 to be preinstalled on a new PC, you must choose either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Your agreement with the OEM determines whether you can switch to a different version; some PC makers support only a single version with specific PC models and will not allow you to switch from 32-bit to 64-bit (or vice versa) after purchase. Source


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