How to Cancel Windows 11 update?

LOL. I FEEL like one lucky woman! Since my last message, I checked for updates yet again on my old desktop (which I had also done the registry edit for, to get 21h2) and lo and behold, there it was starting to download Windows 10 21h2 -- even though an hr before it had told me I was up to date. All went like clockwork, hopping directly from 20H2 to 21h2. So now both of my computers are set.

On the Surface Pro, there is just the note in the right margin telling me "This PC can run Windows 11, Great news—your PC meets the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. Specific timing for when it will be offered can vary as we get it ready for you." and a link where I can "learn more about Windows 11" -- same as it has been ever since I did the registry edit about a month ago. But nothing intrusive, nothing asking me to do anything about Windows 11. So at some point in the future I may have to choose "stay with Windows 10" vs. take Windows 11. Having made the wrong choice the last time (because I was given the choice and did not realize what a big, unwanted change Windows 11 was) I will know this time to decline if it is offered. But my understanding is that the 21h2 version of 10 was offered specifically as an alternative to Windows 11 for those who didn't want it or whose computers could not run it. And I think that now that Windows 10 21h2 is my target version and is what I have, I would have to actively override that to get Windows 11.

On the old desktop, that same right margin area informs me that my computer cannot run Windows 11. So I know it will not ever come up there as an option.

Hope this helps.

Hi Lynn,

Apparently you are now one lucky woman! I will not receive the update to 21H2 unless I change that target version to it. Just like you did right? Then in a day or two, I'll receive that update.

QUESTION: After you got the new version of 21H2, was there the box that asked you wanted to upgrade to Windows 11 or were you given the option to "stay on windows 10 for now"?

If you are all set and there is nothing about windows 11 now that you have upgraded, then I will change the target version also to 21H2.

Waiting for your reply.

Hi, again, Portland. As luck/coincidence would have it, I have just now received the 21h2 update. In Windows 10. My computer had already checked for updates this morning, but when I hit "Check for Updates," there it was, all ready to download. Didn't take any longer than some of the cumulative updates, required one re-start and now I am good to go -- in Windows 10 -- for another 2.5 years.

So now I am curious as to whether you have been/will be also offered 21h2 even tho your target version in registry says 21h1. My change in registry to 21h2 a couple of days ago to 21h2 may not have been the reason I got the 21h2 via normal updates, but I was getting concerned that I would miss out on it while they are rolling it out as long as my target was 21h1.

I have an older, slow-as-molasses desktop computer that I rarely use anymore that is still on 20h2, so now my next project is to see if I can bring that computer up to date as well.

That feature no longer exists and you have to download it from a Third Party.

Hi Lynn,

I was hoping you would see my post. I also have the 21H1 version s the targeted version (I was on the older version).

It's my understanding that if you do have 21H2 on your computer, that is the version with Windows 11 hiding in it. Be very careful not to have this happen all over again. The Microsoft advisor who guided me with the registry edit told me specifically to put in 21H1 as the target version and NOT 21H2 as the risk of Windows 11 was possible again.

The confusion is that Windows 11 is the same version number: 21H2. I guess the only thing that might stop Windows 11 is that when you do edit the registry, you type in WINDOWS 10. Then maybe you will be safe with 21H2. "Microsoft still refers Windows 11 as 21H2 update officially"

READ THIS LYNN:

https://thewincentral.com/microsoft-still-refers-windows-11-as-21h2-update-officially/

I wouldn't mind if I could trust that when I check for updates, I'll have the option to 'stay on windows 10' and never see Windows 11 come up. I don't trust it as the reason I went through all of this was because Windows 11 downloaded itself with me doing nothing.

Let me know your thoughts!