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The forum discussion centers on transferring Windows 7 from a laptop to a new custom-built PC. The original poster asks if this is possible, and a responder explains that it depends on whether the license is retail, with additional limitations if using newer hardware such as recent Intel CPUs, due to Windows 7's lack of official support. Ultimately, the consensus suggests that Windows 7 may not be suitable for modern hardware, and purchasing a Windows 10 license is recommended.
The forum discussion centers on transferring Windows 7 from a laptop to a new custom-built PC. The original poster asks if this is possible, and a responder explains that it depends on whether the license is retail, with additional limitations if using newer hardware such as recent Intel CPUs, due to Windows 7's lack of official support. Ultimately, the consensus suggests that Windows 7 may not be suitable for modern hardware, and purchasing a Windows 10 license is recommended.
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Only if it's a retail license. If you open a command prompt and type slmgr /dlv in the description it should say retail channel. If it says OA or OEM then no it can't be transferred.
Also if your CPU is Intel and its Gen 7 or newer Windows 7 isn't supported
Also if your CPU is Intel and its Gen 7 or newer Windows 7 isn't supported
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Well you can use AMD or Intel, but as I mentioned be aware that Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 in 2015. What this means is Microsoft no longer releases feature updates for Win 7 which includes processor support. This coincided around the time the 6th gen Intel chips came out. Now this doesn't mean it won't work, but it does shift the responsibility of support to the CPU manufacturers. Intel did not provide any updates, but AMD I believe did provide Ryzen support for Windows 7. There are other devices that have dropped support as well such as USB ECHI otherwise known as USB 2.0 so that would also need to be emulated at the BOIS level and only if the manufacturer provides a BIOS update.
TL: DR versus
Windows 7 is fairly difficult to get to work with new hardware due to lack of hardware support. I would buy a Windows 10 license.
TL: DR versus
Windows 7 is fairly difficult to get to work with new hardware due to lack of hardware support. I would buy a Windows 10 license.
