A question sorry if its been ask before but search many threads on this site & unable to find the answer So to the question If a user who as a windows 8.1 pre-install on their system say like a Dell, or Samsung Machine & they can have the offer of free upgrade to Windows 10 The current system they have as the key store in the system bios (If I`m Correct) So if they take the upgrade offer & the system activates will they get the key everyone appears to be getting when permanently activated ending in 3V66T As I`ve read on this site that the key appears to not be the thing now the activation is tied to the system hardware Plus could a user reverse the upgrade & return to the system as it was before & return to a activated Windows 8.1 Or does the upgrade to windows 10 change anything that prevents this Thanks
On/after Jul 29, you will have the option of staying as Insider with the 3V66T key, or take the free upgrade to Win10, where there will be a mechanism(no detail ATM) that win10 will read the OEM;DM key in BIOS. You would have a 30 day "cool-down period" where you could revert back to win8.1 with full win8.1 license if you don't like the win10. Btw, @Slave, my opinion on that FAQ is "LOL"(saying mildly).
Daz and Tito already stated that pkeyconfig of Win 10 doesn't hold any Win 8/8.1 Key Info!!! Now explain how it will read those Keys? With missing entries . Same applies for most likely rubbed Win 7 COAs.
Don't tell me you don't know that pkeyconfig of win10(and also the updated pkeyconfig of win8/8.1) would read the OEM;DM key as a win10 OEM;DM key.
So how do you know this & where does a user find that option Also if a user made a system backup using the one of many progs out there surly they could restore at anyime right or wrong And what happens after the 30 days are you stuck with windows 10 Sorry for so many questions but I`m part of a group that's are know as silver surfers as we are all in our 70s-80s & we just want it clear Thanks for the advice you have gave Very Helpful