Question Switching from W11 back to W10 temporarily

[tjemartin]

Hello, I have an older laptop (HP Probook 650 G1) that I just installed Windows 11 by a way of Rufus. I have a previous back up image (Acronis TI) of when my laptop was on W10. If I go back to W10, would I be able to reinstall W11 at a later date (when they get more kinks worked out) without worrying if I needed to pay for W11 (since it was on my system already)?

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

Hello, I have an older laptop (HP Probook 650 G1) that I just installed Windows 11 by a way of Rufus. I have a previous back up image (Acronis TI) of when my laptop was on W10. If I go back to W10, would I be able to reinstall W11 at a later date (when they get more kinks worked out) without worrying if I needed to pay for W11 (since it was on my system already)?

Thank you

What are the specs of this system?

What 'kinks' are you seeing that need to be worked out?

 

[tjemartin]

What are the specs of this system?

What 'kinks' are you seeing that need to be worked out?

My Laptop is one of those "unsupported" types and by kinks I mean, right now I prefer W10, for one my laptop runs cooler on it.

 

[USAFRet]

My Laptop is one of those "unsupported" types and by kinks I mean, right now I prefer W10, for one my laptop runs cooler on it.

Then, for that laptop....go back to W10 and leave it.

There is no guarantee that an unsupported system will remain working with W11.
And MS changes that all the time.

But to answer your question, yes, going again to W11 will probably be OK, licensewise.
Actual operation is a whole different thing.

 

[jnjnilson6]

Then, for that laptop....go back to W10 and leave it.

There is no guarantee that an unsupported system will remain working with W11.
And MS changes that all the time.

But to answer your question, yes, going again to W11 will probably be OK, licensewise.
Actual operation is a whole different thing.

They snubbed the Pentium 4s and the Core 2s and many others with the SSE4.2 requirement with the 24H2 update, although I have read about ways to surpass this. I really wonder if a Pentium 4 (harboring NX bit) could be made to work with the 24H2 update as it was already quite tricky to get Windows 11 running on one even with the earlier versions. It would probably be too slow for any decent work anyways. A Core 2 Duo / Quad with enough RAM and an SSD should be another story.