How permanently stop windows 10 force updates

Yet again after delaying and not restarting my work laptop for months a **** Windows feature update has crept through, now my system won't boot up and keeps saying the pc didn't start correctly. So now at the start of my work day 2 hours have been wasted waiting for a forced update to install which it hasn't yet again, so for the rest of my work day I'll be resetting my laptop hopefully i haven't lost my data and then reinstalling all the legend i use to actually do my job that i get paid for!! I'm surprised companies haven't tried sueing Microsoft for repeated wasted working days!! How about you go back to the good old days were the use can actually decide not to install updates until they have got the ok from their laptop/computers manufacture saying they've bench tested it and with these patches the update will work. Rather then continuously forcing **** feature updates that make a screen have a pretty picture or a new font and God knows what else they tinker with which makes systems crash drivers fail etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

I'm in this situation, I lost my data because of the FORCED updates !!!, it's been a long time since I shifted the updates, but Microsoft forced the update on my computer, and the result is that my pc does not work anymore, I have to try everything, reinstallation, reboot ... nothing works, I lost all my data thanks to Microsoft and I am in exam period I can not do my duty what a loss !! ... I hate Microsoft with their new way of managing it sucks. I think it's time to switch to OS or Linux

Hey Shawn.. CMDR Keene.  cool!

Thanx for this quick fact, got to the heart of one of our issues.  I've been using the Internet since it was "invented" and i'm sure you'd agree, it is nearly impossible to find verifiable/reliable direction.  So how can we work through problems like ours, which i'm about to relate.

An update ran late the other night (July 3 early AM) and the update deleted the physical directory of the "Documents" folder, it uninstalled a software app!?  (Photoshop Elements .. it's done this once before) and other things like the PIN was disabled again after the update (also happened before). We have 2 Microsoft Support Tech's doing remote desktop, possibly not fully understanding what they were trying to explain.  We know how to point the Documents to a recreated directory... the question is: why did it delete?  That's a risk, improper behaviour and we want to understand before *more* updates run  (updates we are not allowed to disable, according to licensing).  The techs didn't even get near the issue about deleted software, i had to pull the plug after 1+ hours fishing around remote desktop.

For example, the tech looked in the Update History.  There was a "failure" message.  She didn't seem to comprehend that?  Near the end of our chat, she asked 'was i sure the system was up to date, because we are only on 1709 but we should be at Windows 10, version 1803.   Well, we're not on 1803 because the Update History very plainly states that on July 3 2018, it was the 'last failed install attempt' for Windows 10, version 1803.

So my question of desparation:  I am not allowed to disable or prevent updates from running.  I accept that.  But if the Support Department of the product cannot support the product, what next?  When you say "We can help you solve any problem..." who is "WE"?  How can we be sure we are talking to "WE" next time?

Thanx CMDR!  ; )

   Terry

Haha

Microsoft completely reinstal Windows over the top of the current system twice a year for a billion users whether they want these "upgrades" or not. What could possibly go wrong?

This latest V1803 is the buggiest yet that I've come across. Even something as basic File Explorer can't be relied on.

Shocking!!