• Any solution to the “Windows 10 must update” problem?

    Posted on October 10, 2015 at 18:02 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    I’m getting more and more plaintive cries for help from Win7 and Win8.1 users who find that they can’t get Windows Update to perform any update, other than installing Windows 10. They can view available updates, they can even uncheck the “Upgrade to Windows 10” item. But as soon as they try to apply any updates other than Windows 10, their machines start downloading (and presumably installing) Windows 10.

    I’ve asked a couple of people who are in that position to move to an earlier restore point. Other than that, I can’t think of – or find – any solutions.

    Does anybody out there know how to derail the Windows 10 Update train? That is, to take a machine that won’t let you apply any updates other than Windows 10, and shake some sense into it?

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