Windows 7 Professional to Home
I've found a lot of forum discussions for going from Home to Professional but does anyone know anything about doing the reverse? I inadvertantly installed Pro when my license is for Home (I have both backup disks and grabbed the wrong one). Has anyone tried this process and know whether the "downgrade" is easily done or do I have to do a fresh install?ThanksTyler
December 4th, 2009 10:28pm

No downgrade path, you will be doing a clean install
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December 4th, 2009 10:36pm

Hi tuler93, As Bubbapcguy mentioned, we cannot downgrade Windows 7 from a more premium and more expensive edition to down-level, more basic and less expensive edition. The only way to do this is backing up the current files and then perform a Custom Installation. To back up the personal data before the custom installation, you can use Windows Easy Transfer. For more information about the custom install, please refer to this article. Regards, Linda
December 7th, 2009 10:04am

Thanks for the quick responses. I did a clean install with Home and am back up and running.
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December 16th, 2009 12:53am

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