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  • Roll back Windows 11 after more than 60 days

    Posted on December 27, 2021 at 02:45 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums
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    ISSUE 18.50 • 2021-12-27

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    Brian Livingston

    By Brian Livingston

    I wrote “Win11 isn’t a must-have upgrade yet” in my October 18, 2021, AskWoody column. However, for true experimenters, I explained a single Registry line that enables you to install Win11 on what Microsoft calls “unsupported” CPU and TPM chips, in case you really need one of four new Win11 features.

    Since that time, it turns out you can fix one of Microsoft’s most restrictive new policies. To the frustration of many, Win11 can’t be rolled back to Win10 a mere ten days following an upgrade. Fortunately, you can end that limitation by using a couple of very simple steps.

    Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.50.0 (2021-12-27).
    This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.50.F (2021-12-27).

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