>Temporarily "upgrade" to Windows 10 out of necessity

>>55826208
>pirating programs
>allowing Windows 10 updates that scan your shit for pirated shit

>>55826208
so should I upgrade or not tho

XopowNN koT!!!

>>55826208
What, please explain.

>upgrade to win 10
>only pirated programs from microsoft get deactivated
>run activator again to reactivate them
>all other pirated programs stay the same.

whats the problem

>>55826491
No you shouldn't. In fact, you shouldn't upgrade to windows newer than 7.

>>55826208
kot

>The following programs are not compatible with windows 10 and will be uninstalled
>You clicked Next to continue anyway
>Complain on /g/

???

>>55826208
[lying intensifies]

Do you think upgrading to Windows 10 just to reserve my digital key thing is worth it if I plan to revert back to 8.1 right after? I just want to be able to use Windows 10 in the future for free if I ever have to. I'm also lazy and don't feel like backing everything up right now in case the upgrade/revert goes wrong.

>>55826208

>YFW NO BLINI

Pretty sure the only program I had an issue with was speccy, the pirated stuff stayed. Before I upgraded though I took a spare HD and cloned my boot drive with an install that had everything set up and activated, no need to connect to a network. So if I need to I can always just revert to that in an emergency.

>>55826208
C U C K E D
A G A I N,
W I N C U C K

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>>55826208
BURN YOUR HOUSE CHANGE YOUR NAME FLEE THE COUNTRY

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>>55826614
My Sony Vegas is gone

>>55826558
I'd love to read some reasoning behind this

>>55827151
see >>55827061

>>55826208
>>55826222
>>55826553
You can't ever completely disable windows 10 telemetry.
Microsoft is actively pushing towards making this ever harder to do as well - see the recent group policy change for example.
Even if you yourself are not concerned about the data collection, you still expose information about your friends and family via Microsoft's aggressive surveillance methods.
You should not use, support or endorse this operating system.

The spyware has been backported to Windows 7 and 8.1 as well.
You can much more easily remove it though - all it takes is uninstalling the related updates.
You can find out which via a quick google search for 'telemetry updates for windows 7 and 8.1', and then hiding them in Windows Update.
Don't forget to check for these every month or so, as Microsoft can push out new updates anytime that can reinstall the spyware.