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Question

windows 10

Aug 24, 2015 8:28AM PDT

Windows 10 has completely frozen. I cannot reboot, close or anything. How can I go back to Windows 8 ?

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Clarification Request
What about booting?
Aug 24, 2015 8:57AM PDT

Prior Windows and PCs have locked before. Same recourse applies here. Power down, boot and decide what we want to do next. So far, no maker has a free from lockup PC. A lockup does not mean it's an OS issue.

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Answer
(NT) Restore from a backup?
Aug 24, 2015 8:57AM PDT