Hi,
I dual boot Windows 10 and Windows 11. In Windows 10 I did the update from Windows Insider, and that was OK. When I logged in the next time it said there was an important update, so I went ahead. Imagine my surprise when on reboot I now had "Windows 11 installed, not Windows 10. I managed to roll back to Windows 10. Now every time I open W10 I still have this message. How can I stop this?
I also prefer Windows 10. Go back to W10 and disable updates. No, I don't know any other way to do this, I'm on W10 with updates disable and it's what's keeping things the way I want to. I also did this to my wife's computer because yeah, Microsoft kept insisting and downloading stuff for the upgrade.
If you want to stay on Win 10, the easiest way is > How to Specify Target Feature Update Version in Windows 10
The above is what I use and I have never been confronted with the Win 11 upgrade message / update.
I can see why people says they are being coerced into upgrading to Windows 11. A few weeks ago when I booted my desktop with Windows 10 Pro there was a message about needing an important update. Fortunately, I was paying attention because the important update was Windows 11. The annoying thing was there was no option to say no and continue to boot to Windows 10. I had no choice but to press the computer reset button. I don't use reset very often but this time it was necessary.
This computer is fully Windows 11 compatible. I plan to eventually upgrade it to Windows 11 but only when I am ready.
There is another ulterior motive behind the "forced" update push...
Here is how to stop it:
Windows 11 upgrade blocking
1. Group Policy
Set the following policy:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Updates for Business
Policy Name: Select the target Feature Update version
Policy Settings:
Which Windows product version would you like to receive feature updates for? = Windows 10
Target Version for Feature Updates = 22H2
2. Registry
This solution will apply the above policy settings directly as local policy.
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
ProductVersion = Windows 10 (REG_SZ)
DisableWindowsUpdateAccess = 0 (REG_DWORD)
TargetReleaseVersion = 1 (REG_DWORD)
TargetReleaseVersionInfo = 22H2 (REG_SZ)
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