Is Anyone Else Being Forced to Upgrade to Windows 11? Here's How to Stop the Upgrade

[Ringodoggie]

When my computer running Windows 10 started this morning it went into an upgrade to Windows 11 without a prompt and without my permission.

Since I choose not to upgrade at this time, I did a quick search on how to stop the upgrade. This is the most simple and effective one I found.

https://www.howtogeek.com/765377/how-to-block-the-windows-11-update-from-installing-on-windows-10/

It does involve editing the registry so be aware.

Also, when you are editing the registry, the current version number (and last Win10 version) is 22H2

Enjoy

 

[EnjoyingLife]

When my computer running Windows 10 started this morning it went into an upgrade to Windows 11 without a prompt and without my permission.

Since I choose not to upgrade at this time, I did a quick search on how to stop the upgrade. This is the most simple and effective one I found.

https://www.howtogeek.com/765377/how-to-block-the-windows-11-update-from-installing-on-windows-10/

It does involve editing the registry so be aware.

Also, when you are editing the registry, the current version number (and last Win10 version) is 22H2

Enjoy

Thanks for this info!
I haven't had the sneaky forced win 11 update but co pilot snuck its way on - it's been removed afaik. I wonder what it'd take for companies to stop forcing stuff like this on their customers. I mean we do pay them after all and maybe we don't want it.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

I use Ubuntu and don't have problems plus it's free.

 

[EnjoyingLife]

I use Ubuntu and don't have problems plus it's free.

Im at work so I can't look into this but if memory serves microsoft wasn't happy with dual\side boot\load so they made it where Linux needs a certificate or key from them.
I'm not completely sure what this means or does but it sounds like they(ms) has their fingers in Linux too
Not shitting on Linux at least three devices in my house run it...
Check out popos if you haven't.

 

[Ringodoggie]

No good, rotten, son if a biatch, monkey ballsack whore got me anyway. Damn.

It's my own fault. This puter has been on "Auto Update" since I got it. Back in my hacker days, I would never have allowed that.

Anyway, by the time I noticed it the other day, the upgrade had already been downloaded and scheduled. Bitch upgraded overnight while I was sleeping. Coward. LOL

So, I spent the past 2 days fixing shit that the upgrade fucked.

A girl in Bangkok once told me, "Once something is fucked.... you can't unfuck it". LOL

I guess I could uninstall it and then block it but it's hardly worth it now. I just don't like that they did it without even asking. All it did was load more bloatware so AI could give me more TIPS and SUGGESTIONS. F You. Keep them to yourself. Windows Spyware 11.

I keep finding more crap it loaded and changed every time I do something.

I used to run a couple Linux boxes back in the 'old days' but the closest thing I have to that now is a handful of Raspberry Pi's running errands for me. LOL

Good luck

 

[Ca++]

Win10 use has been growing recently. Many are moving from win11 to 10.

XP and 7 were the best, but today few browsers support even 7 in their latest updates. In theory, I shouldn't even be here, as I'm using no longer supported, thus unsafe, browsing methods. I must upgrade to 10, but having tried 8, I would rather gnore my own arm off.

 

[armedoldhippy]

i'm still on 10 AFAIK, but it keeps updating and "improving" shit without consent/notification. i'll desert the internet & go back to smoke signals or written letters (with QUILLS!) and shit if it keeps up. until a couple of years ago, i could pick a point of time in the past & could reboot my 'puter to operate as it did then, minus the new horseshit. can't do that now... bastards.

 

[Ca++]

i'm still on 10 AFAIK, but it keeps updating and "improving" shit without consent/notification. i'll desert the internet & go back to smoke signals or written letters (with QUILLS!) and shit if it keeps up. until a couple of years ago, i could pick a point of time in the past & could reboot my 'puter to operate as it did then, minus the new horseshit. can't do that now... bastards.

A 3rd party software might be useful. Once diskimage was popular, but there are better ones. They copy the entire drive to another, and add some sort of loading code. In the event my PC goes, I don't fix it, I just plug in the drive and switch on. Make a drink. Then it's back up.

Actually.. that was on xp when viruses were monthly occurrences. my 7 build won't do it since I added a ssd. 3rd party or windows backup, non will work. I dunno why, but it's going to bite me.

 

[xtsho]

What is the reason for not upgrading to Windows 11? I started running the preview version a long time ago. I haven't had any issues going from 10 to 11.

I also run Linux from within Windows using the Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can run Ubuntu from the command line. It's easier to install and run AI/ML related applications in Linux than trying to deal with setting up all the dependencies in Windows which can be challenging as they are easily broken or conflict with other apps.

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