Windows 10: How do I stop/decline Windows 11 update forever.

I first did the "Get ready for Windows 11"To see if this PC can run Windows 11, check the hardware requirements or visit your PC manufacturer's website.I did that and it said I could not get it. "fails to meet the minimum requirements" I am okay with that. Then it decided it was going to go ahead and download the update on it's own.Now I get "We ran into a problem with this update. Select fix issue to try to resolve the problem."I click fix issue and it is now just looping continually for days now.There no longer is a list where I can choose to ignore an option like we had in the past.I w

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Stop Windows updates forever?

I am sorry, but I am no longer willing to fight impossible updates. I see only two options; Either to stop Windows updates forever, or replace the Windows 10 system completely with Linux.

I have spent endless hours trying to update both my Windows 10 Home & my Windows 10 Pro computers, and have tried all the available online suggestions. By the way, both systems give the same error message.

So, any suggestions on how to stop this nightmare ?

If not, Goodbye Microsoft and Windows !

 

Stop upgrade to Windows 11

I just dealt with a laptop that is unable to run Windows 11 correctly, that had nevertheless upgraded to Windows 11 without the user knowing how.

10 days had passed, so I had to do a fresh install of Windows 10.

But it appears from this thread that there is no straightforward way of stopping it from upgrading to 11 again that a typical user can use, and not even a method for techies that is well publicised by Microsoft.

FWIW I have attempted to block it with this method:

Topic: 6000005 Registry keys and Group policy info to keep Windows 10 from going to 11 @ AskWoody

This seems better than the other links that have have been posted, as it doesn't suggest restricting updates to a feature update version.

The problem with the laptop in question is documented here:

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/...581-do-not-boot-after-upgrading-to-windows-11

There's lots of reports on the web of people being tricked into installing Windows 11 one way or another - e.g. requiring them to press a 'Decline upgrade' button to stay on 10, which makes it seem like they're declining the option to use 11 forever.

 

Windows Update suddenly hangs?

Windows Update is suddenly hanging for some reason... I went and downloaded and installed the first bunch of updates, restarted when asked, and now when I go back to windows update I just get the window with a white box forever. Reboot and it still does it. This happens to be on my main machine, running windows 7.

I've also noticed when I reboot it says configuring windows update, step 3 of 3, 47%. Maybe it somehow skipped something and is screwed forever?