On Pro you can select English (World) as the region and you don't get Windows Store and other crap installed. Just a nice clean Windows install. Haven't got a Home ISO to spin up a VM to test if that skips the online account creation/login though but I'll suspect it does.

Nah mate, the fun with following King Gizz is never knowing where they're going next. They've previously said they're doing 2 albums with a Yin/Yang theme this year so looking forward to the lighter one next.

Glad you enjoyed it! It's one of those albums I've not heard any negative reactions to when sharing, including a friend who doesn't even like The Beatles.

Yup, but only within 10 days of upgrade according to Microsofts guide below. I'm not sure if that's changed over the last couple of years.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/downgrade-from-windows-11-to-windows-10/84a2416d-ccfb-4d87-9eee-e1056591e91f