Andy Raffir wrote:
Don Kuenz wrote:
Until
then, it'd be nice to simply mount a 1803 ISO image and do an in-place
reversion/install with a couple of clicks.
Windows.old contained a lot more than a 1803 ISO image. Windows.old
contained a lot of your own settings and stuff, so that the rollback
could know how to put things back the way they were. The contents of
Windows.old are automatically deleted after 10 days.
The 1903 upgrade knew how to to do an in-place upgrade from 1803. The
1903 upgrade was created after 1803.
A 1803 ISO image was never designed to do an in-place downgrade from
1903. It was created before 1903 existed, and it would not know all the
changes to be put back.
If there were an in-place downgrade from 1903 to 1803, you would need a
separate program for it. You would get such a separate program from
Microsoft.
Microsoft has little or no incentive to provide a *free* such program to
let you downgrade. You might need to go to Microsoft with the same kind
of money that Uncle Sam did to get continued XP support.
Yes there is a 10 day rollback, but it exists for people who found the
1903 upgrade was incompatible with their hardware or software. These
people are expected to find this out within 10 days, before the contents
of Windows.old are automatically deleted. And the 10 day rollback relies
on your stuff in Windows.old which is not in the ISO image.
This procedure looks looks promising:
Manually Downgrade to an older release of Windows 10:
If its been more than 10 days since upgraded, you will need to manually
downgrade to your previous version of Windows 10.
Step 1: Download Windows 10 1607 - see instructions in the following
article how download and create a bootable copy:
Windows 10 Creators Update Version 1703 ISO Files Now Available for
Download
NOTE: If you need to downgrade to earlier versions of Windows 10 such
as 1511 or 1507, see instructions how to obtain those versions:
How to Download ISO Files or Reinstall Files for Older Versions of
Windows 10
Step 2: Perform a custom install:
* How to: Perform a custom installation of Windows
Step 3: Block the Creators Update and future releases from
automatically installing:
How to Block a Windows 10 Feature Update and Why You Might Need To
With Windows 10, it seems Microsoft has listened and has provided a
welcome option to its recovery tools to make it easy to uninstall
Windows 10 and go back to your previous version of Windows. This option
can be handy for diagnostics purposes, trial and error or to simply go
back to a previous version of Windows that works better with your PC.
Please keep in mind, this only works with Windows 7 and later. Because
prior versions of Windows such as Windows Vista and Windows XP can only
migrate to Windows 10 through a custom install, the command line
operations remain your best choice if you do decide to go back. Also
keep in mind, if you do a custom install over Windows 7 or later, the
Rollback option is not available. This only works if you had done an in
place upgrade from Windows 7 or later.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...8-64a226302657
Thank you, 73,
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Don Kuenz KB7RPU
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