{"id":422372,"date":"2021-11-11T15:09:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=422372"},"modified":"2021-11-11T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:32:32","slug":"microsoft-gives-users-10-days-to-downgrade-from-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/422372-microsoft-gives-users-10-days-to-downgrade-from-windows-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft gives users 10 days to downgrade from Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft began <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/416924-windows-11-is-here-pricing-and-everything-you-should-know.html\">rolling out its Windows 11 upgrade<\/a><\/strong> to compatible computers last month, and those unhappy with the changes will have ten days from installation to revert to Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>Those who decide to revert will be forced to move to Windows 11 by 2025 when Microsoft drops support for Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft promised that if you decide to go back to Windows 10, all your files and information will automatically be migrated.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 11 offers several enhancements over its predecessor, including faster performance, better multitasking capabilities, and a revamped design.<\/p>\n<p>To downgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 11, open <em>Settings<\/em>, click <em>System<\/em>, and then <em>Recovery<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <em>Recovery<\/em> menu, there should be a button labelled <em>Go back<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If the option to roll back is not available, your only option would be to reinstall Windows 10 \u2014 in which case all your files and installed applications will be deleted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_422394\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-422394\" class=\"wp-image-422394 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Windows-11-system-recovery-800-x-533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Windows-11-system-recovery-800-x-533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Windows-11-system-recovery-800-x-533-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Windows-11-system-recovery-800-x-533-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Windows-11-system-recovery-800-x-533-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-422394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows 11 system recovery page. The option to &#8220;Go back&#8221; to Windows 10 is blanked out on this machine as the new OS has been installed for more than ten days.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Windows 10 licence holders can upgrade to Windows 11 for free to access these enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has introduced significant changes to the minimum requirements of its desktop operating system with Windows 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/411736-windows-11-to-support-older-intel-hardware-but-bad-news-for-amd-users.html\"><strong>effectively dropping support for processors<\/strong><\/a> launched after 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This is because Windows 11 officially only works on PCs with a Trusted Platform Module 2.0 chip.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is still possible to install the operating system on unsupported devices by following <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e\">Microsoft&#8217;s guide<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/422288-major-updates-to-google-apps-on-ios.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major updates to Google apps on iOS<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Windows 11 is not to your liking, you can revert to Windows 10 within ten days of upgrading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":403349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123,43684,26970,70233],"class_list":["post-422372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-operating-systems","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422390,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422372\/revisions\/422390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}