I'm not sure that they can force one to upgrade, though after I'd done a motherboard upgrade on this PC and when later I had to try to reinstall Win7, it refused to install (Though it had previously run for years). Then, the answer was to install Win10 using the Win7 product key. Note, though, that this machine is multi-boot, with two flavours of Linux and the Win10 and I was able to set up a VirtualBox under Linux and install Win7 there (I need to be able to run many older OSs for software testing).

I also still have machines running Win2000 and Win8.1.
I occasionally use an embedded PC with WinCE-3.11 on it.

Last edited by Gordon Scott; 01/28/22 08:24 AM.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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