Why? Because otherwise Microsoft will start prompting you to install Windows 10 again. Should your rollback work properly, however, the next stage is to install either Never10 or GWX Control Panel. This is a minority of cases, but - besides formatting your drive and starting again - rather conveniently the only way to make a poorly performing Windows 7 or Windows 8 rolled back PC work well again is to reinstall Windows 10. There have been several reports that the rollback feature doesn’t always work perfectly.
To access it follow this path:ĭepending which version of Windows you had previously, you will then be presented with the option "Go back to Windows 7" or "Go back to Windows 8.1".Īnother cheeky Windows 10 upgrade prompt Microsoft has used in recent months. if you act quickly.įor the first month you have Windows 10, Microsoft offers a rollback facility to return you to whichever operating system you used before be it Windows 7 or Windows 8. Unfortunately for many, the prompt to install Never10 or GWX Control Panel will come too late - you already have Windows 10 on your PC and you don’t know how or why. Windows 10 Installed Already! How Do I Go Back?.Regardless, whichever option you choose, both Never10 and GWX Control Panel will ensure Windows 10 never appears on your system. Then again it is the safest option for those convinced Microsoft will take its upgrade attempts even further in the coming months and break its own registry rules to do so. Image credit: Ultimate Outsider softwareĪs you might expect Never10 thinks this is totally unnecessary and I tend to agree. GWX Control Panel is thorough by more complex than Never10. You’ll get regular notifications that your computer is protected and all is well. The biggest pro and con of GWX Control Panel is the same thing: ongoing monitoring. It is a program which runs in the background and continually monitors your system for signs an attempt to upgrade your computer to Windows 10 might begin. GWX Control Panel - can be downloaded here and is the option for those not satisfied with Never10’s faith in Microsoft. My thoughts? Never10 is right and its app is the easiest solution. It's not impossible, but it'll never happen.” There is just no chance that Microsoft would ever choose to deliberately bypass the express desire of their users by ignoring their own registry settings. Corporations the world over are relying upon those settings to prevent unwanted upgrading of their existing systems. And they buried those settings where no ‘regular user’ would ever find them.
“Never10 is relying upon Microsoft to obey their own provided settings, which they created a special update to Windows Update to provide. The downside: Never10 works by following Microsoft’s own registry rules for prevention of upgrades and these could be changed, though it is unlikely. Image credit: Gibson Research Corporation
Never10 app is very simple and effective.