content: The State of Things: Microsoft As a Predator Trying to install a copy of Windows 7 I own onto a Z270-A Pro Motherboard. There are layers of manufactured compatibility problems.  Bottom line is Microsoft and their minions fucked up the USB specs to corral people into upgrading to Windows 8. None of these problems are organic, they are designed into the hardware to make installing software you own difficult so you will buy a newer version of the OS to do the exact same thing. Only very stupid people don't realize this is a major problem and that Microsoft is preying on them.