Stop upgrade to Windows 11

Anonymous
2021-12-29T22:24:33+00:00

I upgraded to Windows 11 and reverted back to Windows 10. Now Windows 10 automatically attempts to download and install Windows 11 again. See below:

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I can Pause Updates but doing so doesn't allow me to update Windows 10 "patches." I'm being forced to Upgrade to Windows 11 without the ability to stop it.

I want to cancel the Upgrade to Windows 11 (download/installation) process which initiated on its own without my consent. The current status is how it shows in the image above - ready to download and then install Windows 11 but there is no way to stop it.

What I want:

  • Windows 10 to stop Upgrade to Windows 11 process
  • Ability to update Windows 10 without it upgrading/installing to Windows 11
  • Windows 10 with the ability to update patches
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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-25T01:01:32+00:00

    What about disabling TPM in bios? That would stop Windows 11. What is this thing good for anyway?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-30T11:13:35+00:00

    Hello.

    It looks from previous posts that the "ProductVersion" key doesn't solve the problem.

    Has anyone come across any developments on this?

    We have 2000 computers and blocked Win11 updates on WSUS since it began to deploy last year.

    But now users are getting pop-ups to start the upgrade themselves. And although they are not system admins, it let's them procede with the upgrade and it breaks a couple of major things, so we are getting them all at the IT for recovery.

    Why?
    Why does Microsoft provide WSUS to allow control over Windows Updates in the organizations and then break that control by contacting the end users directly?

    This is ludicrous

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-31T14:04:12+00:00

    **** answer... hack the registry to stop an update ... ?

    We have software that does not support windows 11 yet. and Microcrap upgraded a users PC without asking. Total **** from Microcrap.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-06-02T20:10:37+00:00

    ok. Now that i blindly followed your destructive ending of Windows Updates, How the F do i un-do this registry hack!!???

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-06-08T09:28:09+00:00

    This is a horribel EVIL sollution.
    The question was how to avoid windows from updating to win11

    You suggest just stop ALL updates!

    I don't get that Microsoft is not moderating this answers on their own forum.

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