Stop upgrade to Windows 11

I'm sure I am too late to help you, Brettman70s. Hopefully this will be useful to someone else though.
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I can't find the original link on Microsoft's website but MajorGeeks has it: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft\_show\_or\_hide\_updates\_troubleshooter.html

Yes, this information is still helpful.

It is my understanding that the process you point to will only let you pause or delay the upgrade for a fixed time. (In this case up to a year). For those users that want to block the upgrade to Win 11 until they chose, we need a more permanent solution.

I just checked the release versions for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here is the screenshot from the Release Information pages at Microsoft.com.

These appear to have the same version number! My system is not compatible with Win 11 due to the processor is too old. So I got updated to Win 10 version 21H2. But if a system IS compatible, Then you are forced to go to Win 11 whether you like it or not. Or you are stuck on Win 10 Version 21H1. In this case, will you still get security updates?

Can someone 'splain to me how the instructions on the HowToGeek web page is going to work going forward? Does MS expect Win 10 Home users to go through the registry and enter this key?

I sure I'm missing something (I hope).

How do you reverse this? I’m not able to manually update at all.

Hi,

The following has been reported to work by most of the users for both Windows 10 Home and Pro editions.

Enforcing the TargetedRelease group policy is the best way to stop Windows 11 update.

How to Stop or Block Windows 11 update - Your Windows Guide
https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2021/12/block-...

To Block Windows 11 update, see the steps below which requires entering 2 commands. This would also work even if you have clicked Download and install, or rolled back to Windows 10 and it keeps trying.

• Right-click Start and select Windows Powershell(admin).
• Press Yes when Prompted.
• Type cmd.exe to open Command Prompt inside Powershell.

Command 1:
Paste the following command to enable Targeted Updates to a specific release:

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v TargetReleaseversion /t REG_DWORD /d 1

Command 2:

If you are on Windows 10 version 21H2, use the second command below:
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v TargetReleaseversionInfo /t REG_SZ /d 21H2

If you are on Windows 10 version 21H1, use the second command below:
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v TargetReleaseversionInfo /t REG_SZ /d 21H1

You should see the “The command completed successfully” message when you enter the commands.

Restart your computer.

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.