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How to Uninstall Windows 10 and Downgrade to Windows 7 or 8.1
- aikah 11y agoIs DirectX 12(or whatever the next version name is) tied to 10 ? That's the only thing I care about. If not then I won't be upgrading.
- legacy2013 11y agoYea unfortunately is
- tychuz 11y agoSo is new IIS with HTTP2.
- ionised 11y agoI believe so. DX12 is the only thing that interests me in Windows 10 as well.
- andrepd 11y agoI would advise to wait at least until the first games using DX12 come out, so you can at least decide if it is worth it.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoI was really impressed with how easy Windows 10 is to install and uninstall. Not only did the installer and uninstaller not mess with my files and installed programs, it also didn't break my dual-boot setup!
- malexw 11y agoAh, that's great to know it didn't break dual-boot. I've been holding off on updating dual-boot machines until I heard from someone else. Thanks for letting us know!
- charlesray 11y agoWhy would you ever do this?
- gambiting 11y agoI'm strongly considering downgrading to Windows 7. After the upgrade I can't put my PC to sleep - it wakes up all by itself after a couple hours,for no reason whatsoever. I tried doing "powercfg - lastwake" and it just doesn't show anything. I've disabled every single wake timer in the task scheduler, and also completely disabled wake on lan in device manager and in my BIOS. It annoys me enough that I actually want to downgrade.
- izacus 11y agoAlso try disabling hybrid sleep in power settings, that's usually the cause.
- mccada 11y agoSome people aren't comfortable with the amount of data Microsoft is collecting about them. There are a lot of privacy issues, and their terms of service are really quite jarring if you read them. Even turning all the the tracking and telemetry off, you cannot be sure they are not collecting your personal data.
- charlesray 11y agoBut they were already collecting that data. They're still collecting it on 7 and 8. You almost certainly use several other services that collect the same data, or more. The only reason you think Windows 10 is unique in this is because Microsoft did THE RIGHT FUCKING THING and made their privacy policies understandable to regular people. And they're being criticized and villainized for this. It's childish and indefensible.
- morganvachon 11y agoA clarification: Windows 7 always collected limited telemetry data, but it wasn't until Windows 8 was released that most aspects of your daily computing experience were collected by default. I believe that some of the more aggressive data collection methods in Windows 8+ have started trickling down to 7 via recent updates though, mostly due to the GWX Windows 10 compatibility checks.
- rem7 11y agoYou had me at "uninstall windows"
- Thaxll 11y agoInstalling a major OS version day 1 isn't a smart move... You should always wait 6 month or so for updates and other hidden features....
- snake117 11y agoI agree. I think Microsoft picked up on that seeing as though they gave all Windows 7 and 8.1 users 1 year to make their decision.
- WorldWideWayne 11y agoThat's kind of a broad statement. I built a new PC around the time Windows 10 came out and I have multiple Windows tablets around the house, so I installed it on 2 of my machines the week it came out and I love it. Windows 10 is the best Windows that I've used in terms of UX. My only problems are the privacy issues and the lack of a MouseCornerClipLength setting. I do expect Microsoft to add controls to fix the privacy snafu, but honestly - Android and iOS apps spy more than Windows does. I bet Microsoft has better privacy controls than either of those tired mobile OSes do before long.
- pascalmemories 11y agoWhy is it that suddenly lots of people are commenting about Android spying as much as Win10 ? This has never been a hugely commented upon topic but, as soon as concerns are raised about Win10, lots of people seem to respond that it's not as bad as Android. It's almost like it's been a prepared response designed to distract attention from the problem (Win10 privacy) and try and deflect onto Android (and hence give Google a kick in the nuts in the process). The issue is privacy in Win10. If you're concerned about privacy in Android, post something related to that and make the comments there.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoIts reasonable to compare and contrast with other options that we've previously been comfortable with. I wonder why folks are anxious to restrict the conversation to Microsoft. That sounds fishier to me.
- JimmaDaRustla 11y agoWin10 is working great on my gaming machine, pretty big improvement over Win7 in terms of performance so far.
- skynetv2 11y agoi have the opposite experience. win 8.1->win 10 and win 10 is about half as fast and responsive as win 8.1 upgrade was smooth though.
- theklub 11y agoI haven't had any issues with windows 10. What are people doing that is causing problems?
- pjc50 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10108955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10108955
- jister 11y agoMost the people complaining on that thread aren't Windows 10 users but Linux power users so take their word with a grain of salt...
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoUseful info: Microsoft pushed their telemetry services to Windows 7 and 8.1 via an update last week. Downgrading may not really help you here.
- pjc50 11y agoWhich update KB number so I can uninstall this?
- vetinari 11y agoProbably 3068708.
- vetinari 11y agoReplying to self: KB3075249 and KB3080149.
- jsingleton 11y agoLinks: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3068708 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3068708 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3075249 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3075249 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3080149 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3080149 Also found: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2976978 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2976978