Windows 10: How to stop Windows 10 Home from asking to update to Windows 11 on shutdown

Hi everyone,I am sure that this has been asked, but I want to narrow it down to a specific instance.My 75+ year old mother, who is starting to have mental issues, keeps getting prompts to update to Win 11, whenever she shuts down her PC.Needless to say, each time this occurs, she gets very confused and frightened, and thus calls me. If I do not answer, she will leave the PC alone, and not click anything on the screen.I want to stop the PC from asking her to upgrade, and simply keep her running Win 10 as she is use to.Currently her PC is a off the shelf model, with Win 10 Home pre-installed.I u

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

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Windows 10 Tweaks

That doesn't stop windows update from grabbing them on next run, at least it didn't back in the RTM days. It simply stops a secondary process from installing them immediately.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

How to stop Windows 10 from automatically installing new and updated drivers constantly (particularly for GPU users with stable drivers)

• Right click "My Computer"
• Click "Properties"
• Click on "Hardware" tab
• Click "Device Installation Settings"
• Tick the "No, let me choose what to do"
• Tick "Never install driver software from Windows Update"