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
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-05T15:57:30+00:00

    Follow howtogeek.com instructions posted by Paloma Bianchini

    Worked for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-05T14:04:21+00:00

    windows 11 update is downloaded automatically and it sayes restart to upgrade but i still want to use windows 10.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-19T01:24:51+00:00

    fix lasted about a week before the changes were automatically removed and updates restarted without notification

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-01T00:20:01+00:00

    After a bit of research what I've found is that the E.U. is doing a much better job of holding MS toes to the fire that our DOJ!

    That said, these little $10k losses don't even knock the dust off an MS spreadsheet.....

    in 2016 Microsoft paid one US complainant $10,000 to end litigation over the issue. The unexpected (Windows 10) upgrades were also the basis of a class-action lawsuit filed in 2017.

    Finland's Consumer Disputes Board ruled that Microsoft is responsible for damages caused to a computer after Windows 10 installed without permission. The dispute board has ruled that Microsoft had no contractual right to install Windows 10 without asking for permission

    Neowin also cited a case where a woman won a $10,000 judgment against Microsoft for a botched Windows 10 upgrade.

    Remember that the DOJ sued MS in 1998 for bundling software (particularly Internet Explorer) which resulted in the bankrupcy of Netscape, MS was ordered to break up into 2 companies, the OS Windows, and Software, (IE, Office etc)

    LOL, They appealed and won.....

    In 2004, the (EU) commission found that Microsoft had violated antitrust rules by bundling its music and video player, Media Player, into Windows XP and ordered the company to release a second version of Windows with Media Player stripped out. They also made MS allow customers to chose their default search engine as well as allow Symantec into the kernal, anything less would have been the end of Norton.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-30T23:54:34+00:00

    help me!!!

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