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Can I downgrade to Win7 from Win8...

...Without having a win7 license, or can I use the win8 license somehow to activate win7?

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You can't usually downgrade an OS. Your best solution is to save any personal data and then reinstall from scratch.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28154320/Can-I-downgrade-from-Windows-8-to-Windows-7.html

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Win8 can look and act like Win7?

Can it also look and act like WinXP?

You can install Classic Shell or Start8 to get a Windows 7-like feel.

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Also, whats your opinion about Win8 vs Win7? I hear Win8 is a flop.

Windows 7 is more intuitive to use, but Windows 8 is okay once you get used to it. Everything is just laid out very differently.

"Also, whats your opinion about Win8 vs Win7? I hear Win8 is a flop."

It is not popular to like it, but it depends on who you are. I, personally, do not have Start8 or Classic Shell installed, and think Windows 8 is fine and easy enough to understand and use "out of the box".

Under the hood (beyond the UI) though, Windows 8 is not so different and offers several things that Windows 7 does not (Hyper-V and fast booting come to mind).

No matter what is popular (and, therefore, agreeable to hear) Windows 8 is better than Windows 7. Aside from the Metro interface [which is "hated"' so much, even by people who have never used Windows 8 ;-)] Windows 8 is more secure, stable, faster to boot and shutdown, uses less RAM, and works smoothly. < An opinion only, of course >.

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