User can define which OS version they want using the TargetReleaseVersion setting. Windows 10.” (If you are on Windows 10 Home version, you can use the registry key method to do likewise.)
Look for “Select the target Feature Update Version.” Click to enable it and enter Windows 10 in the box, “Which Windows product would you like to receive feature updates for? E.g. If you have group policy on Windows 10 Professional, drill down to Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Update>Windows update for business. To avoid inadvertently updating to Windows 11, remember that if you’ve installed the September cumulative updates (or later), the TargetReleaseVersion setting now offers a new way to define which OS version you want.
(If you somehow wound up with Windows 11 without agreeing to install it, I’d love to hear about it in the Askwoody forums.) “Unmanaged” is defined by Microsoft as not being managed by a patching tool such as WSUS, SCCM, Intune, or other third-party patching platforms. Even so, I strongly recommend that you never click on “check for updates” on an unmanaged computer when you’re unsure whether you’ve taken any action to defer or block updates. In my own experience, I've not had this happen. I’ve seen this sometimes happen when third-party security software made selections a user didn’t intend. That said, I’ve heard of at least one person who said they merely clicked on “check for updates” and the installation started. Note: Windows 11 should merely offer you the new feature release, it should not automatically install you have to specifically choose to install it.
What if you didn’t intend to install Windows 11 and paused it mid-installation? If you’re at the point where the operating system is prompting you to reboot to finish the move to Windows 11, it’s safer to reboot, complete the installation, then follow the guidance above to roll back to Windows 10. You’ll be asked if you want to check first for updates to Windows 11 decline that and follow the wizard to return to Windows 10. If so, and it’s not been more than 10 days since you installed Windows 11, you can go to Settings>System>Recovery and choose “Go Back.” This will revert your computer to the Windows 10 version you had before installing Windows 11.
(And you didn’t adjust your registry to manually go around any hardware block.) Instead, you were offered the upgrade because your PC had the right processor, TPM chip, and other necessary items. Let’s assume first that you didn’t use the Insider program to get Windows 11. The answer depends on how long ago you installed Windows 11 and how you did so. Can you uninstall it without having to reinstall your old operating system from scratch? Select the USB device that you want to install Windows 11 to.So, you’ve installed Windows 11, kicked the proverbial tires and taken it for spin - and now you want to go back to tried and trusty Windows 10 until the new-OS dust settles.
Insert a blank 16GB or larger USB stick then open Rufus.ģ. Download the latest version of Rufus and install it on your machine. At the time of writing the latest version is 3.19 which includes the Extended Windows 11 Image support.Ģ.
Second, because it's on a Flash drive, it's more difficult to use for installing Windows 11 on a virtual machine where an ISO file would be ideal.ġ. First, it requires a 16GB or larger USB Flash drive. You can either boot off of this USB Flash drive to do a clean Windows 11 install or run the setup file off of the drive from within Windows 10 to do an in-place upgrade.įor most people, this method is ideal, but there are a couple of disadvantages. With Rufus, a free utility, you can create a Windows 11 install disk on a USB Flash drive with settings that disable the TPM, RAM and CPU requirements.
How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM Requirement Using Rufus You should be able to continue with your Windows 11 installation as normal. If you also want to bypass the RAM requirement, add a DWORD values for BypassRAMCheck.