how do i stop downloading and installing windows 11

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I'm having a conversation with Susan and both her and I share the same concerns. I doubt highly I offended Susan by asking if why she may not want to upgrade to Windows 11.

This was not your conversation so it would be logical then that none of it is your business as to Susan and I sharing our angst over the upgrade.

You are free to roam around the cabin and do what you please, but you may not dictate a conversation about concerns that I have.

Hi Shelby,

Thank you for letting me know. May I ask why you don't want Windows 11 and also do you intend on installing Windows 11 anytime soon or in the near future? I've now spoken to two of my family members who upgraded. One upgraded because they wanted to and the other person just woke up one morning and sure enough, there was Windows 11 on the desktop. Both said they haven't had any issues and wasn't much different than Windows 10.

I'm still debating and pausing all the time the installation of it.

I know you didn't ask me, but I feel the need to reply.

It really torques my gluteus when people ask this. Why? One, because it's really no-one's business. If I don't want to buy the "latest" car or "latest" television no-one bugs me about it so why do some seemingly entitled "I know best" folks always grind away at this?

Two - I don't want a new OS until;

a) it's been out a while. My experience is that MS releases buggy code and makes the users test it for them. Fail! I choose not to be part of some cultish mindset where I "have to have" the latest rubbish release before it's gold.

b) I generally want a new OS on a brand new computer where the OS has been set up properly to work with the hardware. MS appears to not take anything into consideration except the devs and coders lines on their resumes and that is so unprofessional that I will NEVER upgrade an OS onto an older computer and,

c) I do different work. I do not have time to do the dev and coder job. So they can pull their noses out of the air and stop acting as though they are elites because without what I do they would not be able to release their work in the modern world.

I am broadband in the field and without us nothing would work properly now, would it?

So let's all do our jobs correctly, stop thinking we're entitled to "just push drek at the user they'll get used to it", appreciate every single and last job being done in the world that makes comfortable life possible (yes, even the trash collector) and end the false snobbish attitude that folks have a tendency to throw at one another.

In the end, I and I alone pay for my computer. MS isn't giving away free computers and we only pay a license fee to use them so they can stuff the ignorant "we know what's best" unless they are ready to fix and/or replace every computer they hose by pushing updates that aren't gold yet.

Sorry if I stepped on your toes, but no-one needs the inconvenience that forced MS updates have become.

Hi Susan, my pause will reset on January 21st. Because we have them 'paused', you won't know if there is an update for Windows 10 unless you click 'check for updates'. If it is a Windows 10 update, you should be able to see which update it is and install it or at least in theory that is what is supposed to happen. Once a potential updated for Windows 10 is installed, you'll need to go back and you'll see where it is prompting you to install Windows 11 and pick a date. That is when you pause it again for 35 days.

I'll find out what happens on Jan. 21st and post back to your right away so that you know what to expect on Jan. 22nd.

Thank you that's a great help. I will set reminder for January 22nd.

If during this time there are Windows 10 updates waiting, will I be able to tell which they are and choose them?

What you need to do is quickly when you are nearing the end of the 'pause', click 'check updates'. If it is Windows 11 again, it will ask you when you would like to schedule it and it will be a clock like schedule only showing about 12 hours on the clock. Just go down and pause it for 35 days again. You can pause it for 35 times at a time. Just remember to do this before it ends. If you don't, you will wake up one morning and Windows 11 will be fully installed on your computer.

Another person in this thread just disabled the updater. Then you don't have to keep remembering to pause it.