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Others report occasional slowdowns, or trouble getting Cortana to understand voice commands. Any newly-released major upgrade of complex software is going to have bugs. If you find them too annoying, and you're not interested in waiting for Windows 10 to stabilize, or you just prefer the comfort of your old Windows 7 or 8 system, here's good news:.

If you've upgraded to Windows 10 and you don't like it, you can do a "rollback" to the version you had previously. My travel laptop was running fine on Windows 10 after upgrading from Windows 8. If you want to do likewise, here's how:. There are no wrong answers here. You won't be denied a rollback if your answer is "My cat didn't get along with Cortana. You have 30 days from the date you installed Windows 10 to roll back to your previous operating system.

And more importantly, you can upgrade to Windows 10 again later. Microsoft has said upgrades from Windows 7 or 8.

This last screen also warns that your system may restart several times, and that the process could take a long time. It took just 15 minutes in my case, and I was pleasantly surprised that everything works just as it did before the Win 10 upgrade. So, if you regret your Windows 10 upgrade, do not be afraid to switch back to an earlier version. A few readers have told me they were unhappy about being "forced" to upgrade to Windows 10, because they had heard that Windows 7 or 8 was no longer supported by Microsoft.

That's untrue. Windows 7 will remain in Extended Support mode until January That means bug fixes and security patches will be provided, but no new features. Windows 8 is currently in Mainstream Support mode until , and will not reach end of Extended Support until January So there's really no necessity to move to Windows 10, at least for several years.

Tell me about your Windows 10 experience so far. Is there a rollback in your future? Post your comment or question below This article was posted by Bob Rankin on 11 Aug Posted by: jmcmillen 08 Sep I did the rollback to 8. How in the world do you get out of this thing?? I'm very frustrated by the whole thing right now after investing several hours and haven't figured it out yet. Thank you for any help you can give! Posted by: Tillers 08 Sep I was using Windows 8. Used Yahoo because I liked their Book Mark system.

Then Yahoo put the bookmarks on a tool bar. I was hooked on my bookmarks. Decided to go back to 8. Posted by: Stuart 09 Sep Windows 10 has kids games that come with adds and I am distressed by the lack of the games I liked to play. There are two other computers in the house. I will not upgrade them and am still considering whether I will rollback my own desktop. My wife who plays more card games than I do would not like it if I upgraded here and I like my laptop the way it is.

Posted by: Lewis 15 Sep Microsoft wants to help you with everything you write on your computer even to the point of sending you suggestions. Contana is a "snitch" and reports everything you ask her help with so Microsoft can determine if you are using your computer to their social and moral standards. Navigate to the Recovery submenu of Settings. The fastest way to get there is to search for "go back to Windows 10" and click the top result. Click "No, thanks" when asked to check for updates instead of rolling back.

Microsoft would love to keep you on Windows 11, but if your mind is made up, it's made up. Click Next again when warned that you need to remember your password from Windows This should go without saying.

The system will now restart and go through a restoration process that should take a few minutes. Avram Piltch. Topics Windows. Operating Systems. See all comments 9. Due to these limitations, one should depend on these two methods:. Manually create a System Restore point. More Info Use System Restore to Undo Changes if Problems Occur Every time you download or install a new game, application, or software update, you make changes to your computer.

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