Update March 10, This guide was originally published in October and revised in March with new changes. Get the latest tutorials delivered to your inbox We hate spam as much as you! Tweet Share Submit. Double-click the executable to launch the tool.
Click the Close button again to close the app. On paper, it sounds odd to get an older version of the operating system that might have run its course. However, this year has been especially slow in terms of Microsoft delivering fresher feature updates to all devices.
For example, one of our devices is still running last year's version and is yet to even be offered Windows 10 May Update let alone the latest version 20H2.
Now You : Which version of Windows 10 do you run and what is your experience with that version? After I installed an older release of Windows 10, from media that I created more than a year ago, I enabled the Internet connection. Obviously, the total elapsed-time for download-and-upgrade exceeded that of an install of the current release. If you are going to download and install an earlier version, why would you open an internet connection without disabling Windows Update?
It is important to control Windows Updates. Less important once you land on a version that lists feature updates as optional and does not install them automatically anymore. Security updates? Could I get a sanity check on aisle 10? Apparently, falling back from to or to any earlier version of Windows will wipe the entire contents of the drive. Is this right? It sounds like a lot of posters were able to downgrade from successfully. Did you have to sacrifice everything to get there?
Or did I hopefully miss a step along the way? Also what about serial number and activation or whatever else happens now? I believe the serial is etched on the cpu or some such so does that mean activation is no longer needed? Too busy so another on the shelf. New computer self built. I must use special 3rd Party software to unlock them just to regain access. Multiply that annoyance times once for every folder.
You have to use the PIN to unlock the device because during the installation you activated Window Hello you was prompted to configure a PIN , which generally is a good thing. You can read more about Windows Hello and find out why it is a much robust security option than a password.
This is your one chance to get Microsoft Windows 10 operating system full version as a free download, with no restrictions. Windows 10 will be a device lifetime service.
By device lifetime service, we mean that Microsoft will continue providing updates and upgrades as long as a person is using a device running Windows The features will depend on the edition and the devices you upgrade to. The Start Menu is back and a speech assistant Cortana is available. However, some features like the Media Center have been removed. As far as the system requirements go, most of the system requirements for Windows 10 are the same as that for Windows 8.
If your computer can run Windows 8.
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