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Downgrade from Windows 10 Pro Edition to Home Premium

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Can I do this? I accidentally used a product key for the Pro Edition when Windows said it wasn't activated, and now have no idea what the easiest way to essentialy downgrade back down to Home Premium would be.

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Can I do this? I accidentally used a product key for the Pro Edition when Windows said it wasn't activated, and now have no idea what the easiest way to essentialy downgrade back down to Home Premium would be.

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Goddammit. That's way too much work.

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Goddammit. That's way too much work.

Why would you want to downgrade anyway just use pro

Laptop: Thinkpad W520 i7 2720QM 24GB RAM 1920x1080 2x SSDs Main Rig: 4790k 12GB Hyperx Beast Zotac 980ti AMP! Fractal Define S (window) RM850 Noctua NH-D15 EVGA Z97 FTW with 3 1080P 144hz monitors from Asus Secondary: i5 6600K, R9 390 STRIX, 16GB DDR4, Acer Predator 144Hz 1440P

As Centos 7 SU once said: With great power comes great responsibility.

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Why would you want to downgrade anyway just use pro

Because I don't want a bunch of shitty bloatware I'm never going to use.

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System Specs

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x | Mobo: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX | RAM: Hyper X Fury 3600 64gb | GPU: Nvidia FE 4090 | Storage: WD Blk SN750 NVMe - 1tb, Samsung 860 Evo - 1tb, WD Blk - 6tb/5tb, WD Red - 10tb | PSU:Corsair ax860 | Cooling: AMD Wraith Stealth  Displays: 55" Samsung 4k Q80R, 24" BenQ XL2420TE/XL2411Z & Asus VG248QE | Kb: K70 RGB Blue | Mouse: Logitech G903 | Case: Fractal Torrent RGB | Extra: HTC Vive, Fanatec CSR/Shifters/CSR Elite Pedals w/ Rennsport stand, Thustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Track IR5,, ARCTIC Z3 Pro Triple Monitor Arm | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit

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...this has what significance?

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...this has what significance?

Uninstall the bloatware you do not want. 

 

The Pro addition of Windows 10 offers features that you could find potentially useful, but likely will never bring forth into the daylight. That being said, they're mostly all nestled into the under-workings of the OS itself, and not icons on your desktop, It is not worth downgrading, just to remove the potential for useful features. it will not negatively impact performance in games, or use up any extra space on your drive. 

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Uninstall the bloatware you do not want. 

 

The Pro addition of Windows 10 offers features that you could find potentially useful, but likely will never bring forth into the daylight. That being said, they're mostly all nestled into the under-workings of the OS itself, and not icons on your desktop, It is not worth downgrading, just to remove the potential for useful features. it will not negatively impact performance in games, or use up any extra space on your drive. 

It's impossible to uninstall the business-grade features I don't want, and I guess it really just comes down to my own obession with not wanting a bunch of things I'll never even touch. If I must use Windows, it's gonna have to be as stripped down as possible.

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It's impossible to uninstall the business-grade features I don't want, and I guess it really just comes down to my own obession with not wanting a bunch of things I'll never even touch. If I must use Windows, it's gonna have to be as stripped down as possible.

Wow a whole .5GB of features u wont use... 

 

Windows 10 home is no different

Laptop: Thinkpad W520 i7 2720QM 24GB RAM 1920x1080 2x SSDs Main Rig: 4790k 12GB Hyperx Beast Zotac 980ti AMP! Fractal Define S (window) RM850 Noctua NH-D15 EVGA Z97 FTW with 3 1080P 144hz monitors from Asus Secondary: i5 6600K, R9 390 STRIX, 16GB DDR4, Acer Predator 144Hz 1440P

As Centos 7 SU once said: With great power comes great responsibility.

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Windows 10 SHOULD run more efficiently on ur PC than Windows 7 or 8, and therefore limiting the effects of having additional features you may not need.  But what should happen and what does sometimes aren't the same...

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is this guy seriously? Get out of here and stick with pro. Some people are never happy.

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Edition

Features

Windows 10 Home

- PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s

- Cortana Assistant

- Microsoft Edge web browser

- Continuum tablet mode for touch-capable devices

- Windows Hello face-recognition, iris and fingerprint login

- universal Windows apps like Photos, Maps, Mail, Calendar, Music and Video

- Ability to capture and share game play for XBOX One owners

Windows 10 Pro

- PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s

- Cortana Assistant

- Microsoft Edge web browser

- Continuum tablet mode for touch-capable devices

- Windows Hello face-recognition, iris and fingerprint login

- universal Windows apps like Photos, Maps, Mail, Calendar, Music and Video

- Ability to capture and share game play for XBOX One owners

- Domain Join Services

- BitLocker Drive Encryption

- Remote Access Services

- Group Policy editor

- Windows Update for Business

Windows 10 Enterprise

- PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s

- Cortana Assistant

- Microsoft Edge web browser

- Continuum tablet mode for touch-capable devices

- Windows Hello face-recognition, iris and fingerprint login

- universal Windows apps like Photos, Maps, Mail, Calendar, Music and Video

- Ability to capture and share game play for XBOX One owners

- Domain Join Services

- BitLocker Drive Encryption

- Remote Access Services

- Group Policy editor

- Windows Update for Business

- Long Term Servicing Branch

- Device Guard - help protect against the ever-growing range of modern security

threats targeted at devices, identities, applications and sensitive company

information

Windows 10 Education

- All the features of Windows 10 Enterprise for Academia

Windows 10 Mobile

- smaller, mobile, touch-centric devices like smartphones and small tablets

- universal Windows apps

- touch-optimized version of Office

- Continuum for phone

-  productivity, security and management capabilities for customers who use their

personal devices at work

Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise

- All the features of Windows 10 Mobile

- Update management for businesses

Windows 10 IoT Core

- for industry devices like ATMs, retail point of sale, handheld terminals and

industrial robotics

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