Windows refuses to update past 1703

Ver said:

I too think something wasn't set up properly from the get go. Perhaps this pc was always in a state of confusion - the Minitool Partition Wizard showed the BIOS was setup as Legacy, yet it clearly seemed to be UEFI?

Your computer BIOS can be set to operate as Legacy or UEFI. No doubt that it was installed as Legacy

Ver said:

I'm now onto figuring out how to add drivers and other things back from the software backups.

Open device manager. Is there any yellow alerts of missing drivers?

Ver said:

And then to tackle my next problem. Saturday night, while I was trying to get this pc to update, my son's pc did an automatic update to Windows 11. His pc is now nearly unusable. The beats it takes while waiting for it to get up to speed are insane. His download speed is now at 15 vs 500. Ping and upload fine, and other pcs fine. I don't know if this is an update or networking question?

You can only downgrade to Windows 10 within 10 days of upgrading to Win 11.

If the upgrade to Windows 11 was performed more than 10 days ago, the only option is a complete reinstall of the OS from a Media Creation Device (USB).

To see if you are eligible for a downgrade:

1. Open Settings app on your Windows 11, go to System > Recovery. Under Recovery options, click Go back.

2. Select a reason for downgrading.

3. Make sure you remember your password and proceed through the prompts.

ver,

Ver said:

I'm now onto figuring out how to add drivers and other things back from the software backups.

That bit's easy.
You just restore your driver backups.

Try3 said:

... consider Backup and Restore Device Drivers - TenForumsTutorials

Ver said:

my son's pc did an automatic update to Windows 11

Other people have reported automatic updates to Windows 11 as well.
Do you have a system image to restore it to its Windows 10 state?


Denis

As I wrote before, your BIOS is UEFI but windows can be installed as Legacy.
From your BIOS image I see that Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) is disabled. If you enable you will have a performance boost.
Intel Rapid Storage Tecnology (IRST) should be off. It is used With RAID array.
Your BIOS is completely outdated. PRIME X299-A｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global


Let's see how did you install.
Please post a whole window Disk Manager image of your drives. Don't forget to expand the columns so we can read them. How to Post a Screenshot of Disk Management
If you have a MiniTool or AOMEI Partition use it instead or Windows disk manager.

Drive 0 is now a UEFI-GPT, as it should be.
Yes WU will install the needed updates.

External RAID drive via Tunderbold has nothing to do with internal RAID, but you have so many drive that you should see if a pair isn't a RAID array
You have drive 4 that has a EFI partition, so the drive has or once had a OS on it. If H: hasn't a OS on it you should delete the EFI partition.

The MB has a BIOS update utility described on 2.2 BIOS update utility (Page 2.12) of the X299-A manual

Ver,

I'm fascinated by the number of disks you have.

All the best,
And thanks for the rep,
Denis

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