I need windows for work reasons. I have mint on my home machines. I just don’t want 11. Is there any tool out there to force a downgrade? or will I have to do a fresh install? Trying to avoid that since work software.
Rollback is only possible after an upgrade from 10 to 11 but before the Windows.old directory (a snapshot of system files and configurations immediately before the upgrade) is purged. After that, a fresh install is the only option. No tool can claim to reliably downgrade Windows since 10 would not know how to handle newly-introduced configurations and data from 11, especially in the registry.
True what people are saying about no ability to roll back, but if you want to install windows 10 to the device, you used to be able to buy 1 time activation keys for stupid cheap (under $10). Then you just have to flash a USB with the windows 10 installer ISO and use the key when you get to that point.
The downside of a one time activation is that if you ever brick the OS or some such, you have to buy another key and can’t reuse the original you purchased.
I wouldn’t recommend it. Just install ExplorerPatcher to get the old UI back.
The amount of telemetry is essentially the same and most of it can be turned off in the settings.
is there a tool someone has built that explicitly strips all the telemetry and AI nonsense out? like revo but more agressive.
This is the tool I use Win11 debloat script it seems to setup my system just the way I like it in a couple of minutes.
Off topic but in the middle of a PC build. I’ve not used 11 but may need it and planning a dual boot. Is it possible to remove all the spyware and ai junk or will it just repopulate itself?
You can remove it. There is actually an “IoT Enterprise LTSC” edition that is fresh from the start, though it may not support the very latest hardware so install 11 Pro then use Revo uninstaller’s Windows apps tab to remove the junk.
This might be the solution. Is there a way to force versioning over to that?
