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revert from Win10 upgrade to Win7
This is essentially a FYI post.
I recently decided to upgrade from my Win7 pro to Win10 pro because I got an announcement that one of my programs (TurboTax) would not install or run on Win7 next year.
I did this using some links / tutorials in this forum. They were pretty good and easy to follow, most of the time. Only problem was some menu items must have changed and/or I did not read a few things carefully.
I first worked on "Network Drive not connected" but eventually got that solved, although I never was able to get the network to recognize the other computers on the network, even though I could specify the relevant computer, e.g. \\other_comp.
Some, but not all of my icons had a jagged appearance -- I did not try to fix this. It was not high on my priorities.
The real problem I had was attempting to reinstate my virtual windows xp mode. I followed all of the directions given in a tutorial as best I could, but could not make the virtual device recognize my version of XP. Then I read someplace, that such was impossible -- and that is a non-starter for me. I need the virtual XP to run some legacy programs. No other alternative (e.g. vDOS or DOSBOX) work the way I want. If anyone can suggest how to use my virtual win_xp that came with Windows 7, I would greatly appreciate it.
That is when I decided to go back to Windows 7. I had carefully made a restore point before I started the Win10 upgrade. Was I surprised when restoring that restore point still left me in Win10! BUT, a bit more digging found out how to roll back my upgrade, assuming that 10 days had not elapsed. [This is important to know for anyone else reading this who has the same problem, don't wait too long]. I did that, and now my win7 is back and all is right with the world -- for now.
The link to the info on what I used for the roll back is:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...-or-windows-81
A search might give other links -- but this is the only one I tried.
I am sure glad that forums like this (and win7 companion) exist.