Windows 10: Downgrade Windows 10

Hello,

I upgraded to Windows 10 a couple of weeks ago and now I have many Problems. Here just a few of them:

1) Laptop Keyboard and Touchpad are not found.
2) Wifi doesnt connect automaticly
3) Wifi always diconnects.
4) Outllook doesnt find Servers automaticly. Manual connection worked after a while and then after 2 Days everything is gone.
5) Steamcloud flash videos stop all the time.
6) DVDs do not play when put in.
7) Booting and opening apps takes ages
8) etc etc...


For most of the Problems I tried many guides online and most just didnt work... I am so frustrated with Windows 10... How can they produce and release this?*Mad

It would be nice to fix all these Problems. I believe the easiest way is to downgrade!
How can I go back to WIndows 7 or 8? But id like 7 the most. (I came from 7, went to 8 then to 8.1 and now 10.)

Lisa

:)

 

8.1 home to 10 to 10 pro and back to 8.1...

No, downgrade rights to Windows 8.1 Pro only applies to preinstalled copies of Windows 10 Pro.

If you want to downgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro, you will need to purchase that specific edition.

How to Downgrade Preinstalled Windows 10 to Windows 7/8.1

 

PROBLEM IN DOWNGRADE FROM WINDOWS 10 TO WINDOWS 8/8.1

See instructions how to downgrade:

How to Downgrade Preinstalled Windows 10 to Windows 7/8.1

 

If you don't have your Windows 8 product key, the first thing I would do is run showkey plus from this forum to get it:
Showkey - Windows 10 Forums

To go back to Windows 7 you will have to clean install Windows 7. If you don't have the Windows 7 disc, you can try to download it here with your Windows 7 product key:
Windows 7

You can try to undo the upgrade to Windows 10 like this:
Windows 7

If that option works, it will take you back to where you were before the upgrade to Windows 10.

 

Hey,
Thank you for answering so fast.
The Key shown with Showkey is not the one I wrote down once. Did it change through the upgrade?
On the Website I also entered my Win7 Key. It says its not valid. Can licences run out?

 

You have to understand that WIndows 10 doesn't magically fix a broken system, so when you upgrade a system that may have a lot of problems, those problems may be carried forward, and intensified.

If the upgrade doesn't work for you, you should re-install Windows 10 clean.

 

That is because the link given to you can ONLY apply to Retail Win 7 product key.
Oem Win 7 product key will be rejected.
I know as I had tried that myself.
In fact I still have the screenshot...................................

 

Helpless,
If you want to go back to Win 8.1, here is how to, provided you installed Win 10 less than 30 days ago, and provided you have not deleted the windows.old from the computer.

Start button > left side, click Settings > select Update and Security > left side, click Recovery > right side, under Go back to Windows 8.1, click the Get Started button > follow the prompt from then on.

 

@davidhk, that site is flaky... I can't get my (technet) retail keys to work there either.

Lisa, there is an "unofficial Mirror for Windows 7 ISO download" site (we can't post links to unofficial downloads but google it) it has links to the original MSDN page for hash checking.

BTW: How is the key you get different? Post a screenshot (mask keys by clicking them)

 

As far as I understand, no keyfinder can retrieve the pre-installed Windows OS product key.
If Lisa wants to use Showkey to find her pre-installed Win 7 product key, all she will find is a set of key that the computer manufacturer used for mass production. That is why it does not match with the one she has written down before.
That key retrieved by Showkey is not for personal activation purpose.

That is my understanding.
If I am wrong, please someone correct me.

 

Assuming she has an OEM install yes, that's why I requested a screenshot.

 

She said.................
How can I go back to WIndows 7 or 8? But id like 7 the most. (I came from 7, went to 8 then to 8.1 and now 10.)

 

You will notice in my reply that I stated to use showkey to retrieve the Windows 8 product key, NOT the Windows 7 product key. She said she went from Windows 7 to 8 then to 8.1. In order to do that she would have had to use a Windows 8 product key. Following that, if she did an in place upgrade to Windows 10, the Windows 8 product key would be retained on the system for roll-back purposes and showkey will retrieve it. Showkey would show the product key upgraded from as "Original key":

 

I most likely miss read what Lisa wrote.

Quote :
The Key shown with Showkey is not the one I wrote down once. Did it change through the upgrade?
On the Website I also entered my Win7 Key. It says its not valid. Can licences run out?
end quote.

I assumed that she meant Win 7 key in both cases.

*** adding................. My post #8 is more a reply to Superfly who wrote :
BTW: How is the key you get different? Post a screenshot (mask keys by clicking them)

 

I think it's more likely that Lisa misread what I wrote *092

I know that downloads of Windows 7 install discs are difficult to find and if she doesn't haven't a disc, she might be stuck re-installing Windows 8 because those ISOs are much easier to get from Microsoft. I meant to use showkey to retrieve the Windows 8 product key that she upgraded to Windows 10.