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How to go back to Windows 10 after 10 days

Anonymous
2021-11-29T23:43:32+00:00

I want to rollback to Windows 10 because Windows 11 is the opposite of efficient and has cut my productivity down so much that I have no other choice. The absurd 10 day window has passed - not 10 days of use, but 10 days since I installed... we're only open 4 days per week so not even 10 days of use - why MS didn't allow for the normal 30-day trial is beyond me. I can't use Windows 11 and need to rollback, so how do I do this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-07T19:50:44+00:00

    Anybody who reads this and still is using WIndows 10 will be glad they haven't 'upgraded' to WIndows 11.

    This is horrific. I have a customer notebook where half the drivers don't work properly, webcam shows fuzzy dots and no image, trackpad doesn't tap correctly and lots of other issues are apparent. But they're stuck in this hell because the alternative is to wipe everything and spend days reinstalling.

    Well done Microsoft. You've created a monster that nobody in their right mind would touch.

    DO NOT UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 11. EVER.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-22T13:38:06+00:00

    I actually want to drop kick win11 out of the window, since upgrading I've had nothing but problems and BSOD. This process of having to back everything up to roll back is just ****

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-30T00:17:49+00:00

    Hello DaFaja,

    Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you. If it has been more than 10 days, you need to back up your important files and perform a Clean Installation of Windows 10.

    Important: Back up your important personal data and files to an external hard drive or USB flash drive.

    Download the Media Creation tool(Click Download tool now). Use the tool to "Create installation media (USB flash drive at least 8GB in size) to install Windows 10". Instructions inside the link.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

    Please try checking the link below for more details.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create...

    Insert the USB Installation media into your computer. Please change the boot order in the Bios Settings. Boot your PC from the Installation Media you created.

    Kindly refer to the link below on how to perform a Clean Installation of Windows by Greg Carmack - MVP.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-30T05:21:04+00:00

    I want to rollback to Windows 10 because Windows 11 is the opposite of efficient and has cut my productivity down so much that I have no other choice. The absurd 10 day window has passed - not 10 days of use, but 10 days since I installed... we're only open 4 days per week so not even 10 days of use - why MS didn't allow for the normal 30-day trial is beyond me. I can't use Windows 11 and need to rollback, so how do I do this?

    After 10 days, the only way to go back to Windows 10 is by making clean install.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-06-07T12:56:46+00:00

    Now we both know that's ****, just like your Windows 11. How Microsoft, would put something like this out there, intentionally, as a new operating system no less, is beyond me.

    My apologies, but the latency alone is enough for me.

    Now, please tell me the process to roll back to windows 10 without performing a clean install. I know it's best for Microsoft for me to do it your way, but I want the option to just return where I left off. So at day 11 or 43, there has got to be a way to just roll back as it was on day 10. Why can't you just write code to reactivate the rollback feature? For God's sake, nobody believes that you guys didn't have an emergency protocol in place for something like this, a complete catastrophe, in order to get people back up. Hell, half the population I bet can't install a fresh install of Windows 10.

    Please respond asap as I am to the point of switching to MAC, and I hate the WOKE tribes operating system. That's how much this has pissed me off. I've lost work performance by almost 38% waiting on the cursor to reappear alone and I have software that I can't reload, it's proprietary and would take me a month to just get a copy installed. A third party must do the installation! And please test future important upgrades, like the operating system, before you unleash it on your customers. It's very bad business.

    Help me!!!!!!! (and please don't tell me again it's the only way)

    Thanks in advance

    Tim Nunn 270-404-4744 if you'd like to vent

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