Downgrading from 11 back to 10

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by Rickkins, Sep 2, 2024.

  1. Rickkins

    Rickkins MDL Senior Member

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    #1 Rickkins, Sep 2, 2024
    Any issues I need to be aware of..??

    Thanks.
     
  2. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #2 Enthousiast, Sep 2, 2024
    Yes, it is (officially) not supported,
     
  3. Rickkins

    Rickkins MDL Senior Member

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    #3 Rickkins, Sep 2, 2024 (OP)
    And "unofficially", is it doable...?? Thanks.
     
  4. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #4 Enthousiast, Sep 2, 2024
    You can try editing the registry to make the 11 install think it's 10 and inplace upgrade using a 10 ISO.

    Code:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
    I would advise to start with a fresh win 10 install.
     
  5. Rickkins

    Rickkins MDL Senior Member

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    #5 Rickkins, Sep 2, 2024 (OP)
    What has happened to my life....:D
     
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    hoak MDL Member

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    #6 hoak, Sep 2, 2024
    While you can do it, it will be a flaky bloated mess, that will give you endless problems...
     
  7. Rickkins

    Rickkins MDL Senior Member

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    #7 Rickkins, Sep 2, 2024 (OP)
    So it seems I caught a break. I guess because it had been less than 10 days since I upgraded to win11, I was able to simply go to 'system/recovery/Go back to 10"

    So at the end of this fiasco I have found one good thing to say about 11, it was easy to get rid of. :D:rolleyes:
     
  8. davedoubleu

    davedoubleu MDL Novice

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    #8 davedoubleu, Sep 2, 2024
    Thanks for making me laugh so hard 1st thing in the morning. :D

    I dual boot W10 LTSC w/ W11 Workstation, and spent months attempting to make it work like W10, but rarely even boot to it, except to update it.
     
  9. hoak

    hoak MDL Member

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    #9 hoak, Sep 2, 2024
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    Made me laugh too! Windows 11 is literally a user hostile abomination -- if you or I did any of the things Microsoft is doing with this 'product' with any other product, we'd be behind bars the second day we tried to sell it...
     
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    noway1 MDL Novice

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    #10 noway1, Sep 4, 2024
    If you play around with a lot of software, a disc imaging/restore program like Macrium Reflect (etc.) is indispensable. You can do a restore after 10 years, not just 10 days.
     
  11. Dude Guyman

    Dude Guyman MDL Senior Member

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    #11 Dude Guyman, Sep 4, 2024
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    Not to mention get a nice, clean install minus things that change or get updated frequently to go back to for a "fresh" start, in seconds, and another one with all your goodies installed to go back to after you bork something while testing, or getting a bad new driver, some program with bundled mal/adware etc. Imaging software is the "sliced bread" of PCs. I tend to use my "min-image" (clean, no drivers/software minimal) every few months, and the "win-image" (complete fresh install) every week or so (I tinker and test a lot), plus I just really like a nice clean registry and all that.

    Example: I don't even like Macrium installed, or the junk that comes with AMD chipset drivers, so I install it (Macrium), make a new boot/rescue CD from it, then restore an image (without the install). Same with the AMD drivers, install them to get them out of the weird package they use that 7-zip/WinRar can not extract, make a new archive out of JUST the drivers that my mainboard uses, then restore an image and update them using the extracted bits.