The only thing I can do is open an Internet browser and that's only if I double click within 20 seconds of booting up the PC.

How do I revert to windows 7 or back up my stuff

If W10 is the only thing on it, NO.

Note: Rollback is dependent on the availability of the Windows.old folder, if you deletet that, then you won’t have the option to rollback. !!!

In any case, that's how you could do it: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/rollback-from-windows-10

I can't use the task bar at all nor the windows button to bring up the start menu even during the 20 seconds I get of semi functional PC

And that is why I never ever jump over to a new OS unless buying a brand new puter. Don′t want to mess up things that work fine

I had some troubles when I upgraded my Windows 7 desktop to Windows 10 yesterday and it would freeze and caused me to reset the computer multiple times until I got it fixed. It was the network adapter card driver that somehow caused it. By uninstalling it and reinstalling the same driver it got fixed, not sure why the same driver don't work and then work, but oh well

Also bought a 8GB USB stick and put the https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 on it so I can do a clean Windows 10 install in the future, whenever I can be bothered

Here, try these instructions and see if they don't help: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2569556/safe-mode-windows.html

Yay I'm in safe mode and task bar and stuff works properly


But I have no sound and no option to connect to the Internet via wifi

Also said something about needing a new ap to run this but the notice didn't explain and vanished when I hit the start menu


EDIT: now start menu won't stay open

OK, just try that.

Boot windows normally.

Press the Windows Flag (left down below) -> choose Power and then whilst holding down the "shift" key from your keyboard press Restart

You will get a blue window, and you will click on Troubleshooting

After that you get some options:

Reset Your PC

OR

System Restore

System image recovery

Startup Repair

Go Back To Previous Build

Choose one that suits your situation. (Those are the options you will get, if you follow the above steps)

GOOD LUCK !!!

That's what I did too. After upgrading and having 10 validate, I then reinstalled it from scratch. I went from 22GB free (With the Windows.old folder) to 60GB free. (And no Windows.old folder.)

I have an image of W7 should I want to revert back. I recommend everyone make an image with EaseUS ToDo Backup. (100% free!)

I used it to re-image W10 and it took 15 minutes from an unformatted SSD to a fully functional W10.

Can't do that from normal
Could do it from safe mode
I don't have a backup image x.x
Which of these will bring me back to windows 7 ?

Go back to previous build

Will I lose anything like games/mods I have installed ?

Judging from that, i thing you will be fine: http://i.imgur.com/SdCGbIj.jpg

If you have upgraded from W7 to W10, your old operating system should stay archived inside the Windows.old folder on the installation drive.

However, it would be a good idea if you had created a full backup before you upgraded. !!! (or even better after the backup, a clean W10 installation would be the best)

My transition from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has been really smooth, and I installed on release day.

Ye'h. I had issues with Windows 10. Took me about 40-60 minutes of turning it on/off to finally be able to do more things on it and even then, when trying to play games is like "Nope, not gonna work very well!"... So I used the rollback option.

I recommend messing around with it and such.

I am good with it.

ok so i held shift and restarted PC

from there i reset my PC and kept files

windows 10 now seems to be working as was intended

seems a bit slower than 7 though

Well, someone is bound to be lucky I guess

Glad you fixed it.

If W10 behaves slower that W7, i would recommend to back-up your stuff, and install W10 as a standalone OS. (not through W7 upgrade)

I don't know if it's faster than W8.1, but it's definitely faster than W7. !!!

i dont have anything big enough to back up my stuff with x.x

even though all id be backing up is steam games i just dont want to reinstall like 28 10+gig games