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To: Quickgun
I loaded it on my laptop, and had to take it back off

How does one take back off a Windows version upgrade? I'm toying with the idea of loading Windows 10 myself.

9 posted on 09/11/2015 9:27:58 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: ConservingFreedom

How does one take back off a Windows version upgrade? I’m toying with the idea of loading Windows 10 myself.

System Restore should work (choose a date prior to the upgrade) but I usually just reload the whole this from scratch


33 posted on 09/11/2015 10:04:22 AM PDT by g.orwell
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To: ConservingFreedom

You get 30 days to try it. You can go in and auto remove it and then reinstall 7 or 8, but in some cases you need to reload programs too


39 posted on 09/11/2015 10:24:03 AM PDT by EBH (There's a sucker born every minute)
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To: ConservingFreedom

It gave me the option to take it back off.Everything would have been ok, except the touchpad wouldn’t work correctly on my ASUS laptop. It’s almost like they know it isn’t compatible with some machines.


65 posted on 09/11/2015 7:43:06 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Supposedly it can be removed, but I wouldn’t trust them to do it correctly or completely.

Hard drives are cheap. Get a new one and clone your existing drive. Swap them, verify your current OS works OK on the new cloned drive. Then “upgrade” to WX. If you don’t like it, wipe the drive and revert to the original, untouched one.

That way you’re absolutely positively guaranteed not even MicroShaft can fubar your existing computer by hubris, incompetence, or simple random chance.


68 posted on 09/12/2015 8:59:04 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
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