"EOL"? "End of Life"? I had Windows XP almost until Windows 10 was coming out. :) I am very familiar with making an OS work LONG after Micro$haft wants it to be dead, and I have every intention of...

I did get Win 10 Pro, specifically for the increased functionality and alleged ability to disable Windows Update. Hopefully the registry trick works (I'll be following your link as soon as I finish...

For the record, for anyone like me who stumbles across this post, editing the Group Policy Editor will NOT prevent Windows Version Updates. I turned that off the second I got Windows 10 version 1709...