how do i stop downloading and installing windows 11

Anonymous
2021-12-16T22:51:13+00:00

how do i stop downloading and installing windows 11. I had a perfectly working computer before you ask me about this **** update. can't do anything with my computer now. so irritating when i have things to do and it's just destroyed and useless now. unbelievable i don't have time for this ****

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T20:23:24+00:00

    Much better! Everytime I click on "check for new updates" so that I can then go to advanced settings and pause again for another 35 days, I've never let Windows 11 fully download. It stops because I pause it instantly the second I can

    I see from your photo that Windows 11 was downloaded and now could be installed and thus you are now given the opportunity to stay on Windows 10.

    Should I let Windows 11 and the other 2 windows 10 updates that are wanting to download go ahead an download completely? Then hope that I get the option to stay on Windows 10?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T20:03:18+00:00

    PortlandMT copy\paste not save and upload image, these tech details, I learn or happen upon and often cannot replicate!! Grey matter still works, if slowly!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T19:16:36+00:00

    Hi - Thank you Susan67 for your post. I also just clicked on "Stay with Windows 10 For Now" link since its newly available to me as a result of checking in response to this post. I am looking forward to continuing with Windows 10 "for now", hopefully without the manual intervention that was required every few weeks to avoid the automated update to Windows 11 and then manually allowing the other Windows 10 updates to go ahead before having to cut off the Windows 11 update repeatedly, which was very annoying. The original problem of course being the failure of Windows 11 since it performed very poorly on my PC (and included negative features such as freezing the task bar to the bottom of the screen instead of allowing the side of the screen as I prefer it).

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T19:00:53+00:00

    Hi Susan,

    The photo is so small that I can't really see it. Can you post a larger photo?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T17:56:56+00:00

    HI PortlandMT This morning all seems well so I checked in Settings->notifications. The Windows 11 install that I had put on pause twice since Dec 21 2021 is still listed but as you can see the Windows 10 21H1 update is there too. Also lower down you can see that although I paused Windows 11 other Updates were added. People here had suggested that by pausing Windows 11 we would also be pausing Windows 10 updates for security etc.

    I now also have the option to update to the Windows 10 newer version 21H2

    "The next version of Windows is available with new features and security improvements. When you're ready for the update, select "Download and install."

    Still keeping a wary eye on W11 though. :-)

    Check your settings, maybe you don't have to wait till next pause?!

    Susan

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