Can't Revert To Win 7 - Option Is Not In The System / Security Screen
Aug 18, 2015
Windows 10 has messed up a lot of things that I just don't want to deal with. I'm just a little home user for fun and games and googling and I don't see where 10 is anything more than different. I'm supposed to have 30 days to restore 7 if I choose, but that option doesn't appear where it should.
I also have had a problem with my (former) admin password. The password that I wrote down isn't working (??!!) and I seem to be doomed in limbo between 10 and 7 without it or being able to reset it.
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Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 16/02/2016 18:18:46
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (70368744177664),(2)
User: SYSTEM
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