Although Windows 10 was going to be Microsoft‘s last operating system, in the end the company, as many of us expected, ended up launching its successor 6 years later: Windows 11 . This is the company’s new (and controversial) operating system, a system that, despite the large number of internal changes it presents, is not much more than Windows 10 with an important (and necessary) facelift. Little by little, users are making the leap to this new system, but there are many who find something different than what they expected. What happens if I update and I don’t like what I find?
Windows 11 comes to users as a free upgrade , as long as they have a genuine Windows 10 license. However, Microsoft has raised its minimum requirements a lot, so not all users who currently have Windows 10 will be able to upgrade to the new Windows 10. 11. In order to install this new system we must have at least 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of space on the hard drive (or better, SSD) and, as if that were not enough, a TPM 2.0 chip on the motherboard to encryption issues. Without it, we will not be able to (officially) install this new OS.
Those users who do have compatible hardware will be able to see the update within Windows Update , as one more version of Windows 10. From there we can download it and let the system itself install it and leave it ready. All our programs, files and settings will remain as is.
After a while (generally several minutes, although it can take more than an hour) we will have our PC with the new version of Windows. We can check that everything is in place, and test it thoroughly. We probably like the look. And, if everything has gone well, we will not have stability or performance problems. But what if it isn’t?
What if Windows 11 is not for me?
You can go back to Windows 10… but hurry
When Microsoft released Windows 10, the company offered up to 30 days to test the system and go back. And this margin has been maintained for quite some time until, suddenly, Microsoft decided to reduce the time to just 10 days . Therefore, if we use Windows 10 right now and download an update for this system, we will only have those 10 days of grace to return to the previous version.
This is the same time that Microsoft offers us to uninstall Windows 11 and return to Windows 10.
If for whatever reason we don’t like the new Microsoft operating system, or we have problems with it, we will be able to return to Windows 10. As long as, yes, those 10 days of rigor that Microsoft gives us have not passed.
To return to the previous version of Windows we simply have to go to the Configuration menu, to the System > Recovery section, and select the ” Back ” option here. After a short wizard, Windows will revert the changes and go back to the previous version. Of course, all files, programs and settings will remain intact. Thus, when we have control over Windows 10 again, the system is as it was just before the update.