How to remove Windows 10 upgrade updates in Windows 7 and 8

ThrashZone said:

No problem that's what we're here for :)
But if other users are on the same machine or you let others use your user account you'd run into issues like this
There should only be 1 administrator account on a single machine
Change their to a standard account
Uncheck the box in your account to let All users update windows on the previous tutorial instructions :)

The girl friend has the admin password, she likes to install things. She's fairly computer knowledgeable. This is the only desktop & so we share it.

Honestly I think my frustration has more to do with the steering column in pieces on the garage floor. I just flipped a wig. If could go back an hour would take a breath & chill with the pooch for while.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

I've had MS install updates and change my update settings every once in a great while, maybe twice every three years. I'm the only user on my machines.

Hmm...very interesting.

thanks again

It's best in relationship to only share certain items
A computer is not one of them

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Is there a big deal with leaving it unhidden ?
If you don't want it don't download and install it
Windows Update Settings - Change

The trouble is it's part of a pattern that MS started with the W8 series.
They are trying to trick users into upgrading to W10.

MS are counting on most users not having backup images to be able to restore W7 and thus they will be "forced" to accept W10.

It's just the same as the Local Account option being hidden during the W10 installation process, so that people think they have no choice but to use an Online Account.

newpgm said:

OK - someone changed the settings to Install Updates Automatically, NOT ME.

There are "stealth" updates and "Windows Update" updates that change your update preferences.

I received a "stealth" update for Windows Update last year.
I hadn't downloaded any updates (my preference was set to "Notify").

I started my PC and noticed a message about Registry changes.
I only see that message when Windows Update has changed.

Sure enough when I checked my update preferences they had changed to "Automatic".

I've never seen my setting be changed it's always been the same throughout my 7 tour
Always been manual every since windows live essentials 2011 busted out and well that didn't go well
I've been reviewing updates every since.

I wasn't all that enthusiastic after reading the revised terms of usage and privacy
Matter of fact that was the final straw.
I was really going to buy it at 140.us
Now not.
They seem to have taken Onedrive terms and applied them to the entire os.

gregrocker said:

There is really no reason to avoid the automatic update setting. In fact I consider it a best practice to have it set there because without a service pack 2 Windows 7 relies on many patches queued under important and optional updates in order for hardware software and the OS to run correctly.

Apparently, you were not one of the many who have had their computers bricked or otherwise adversely affected by a bad update, something that has been documented here (and I'm not referring to the Win 10 related updates). MS has issued several of the this year. Percentagewise, the number of people burned by faulty updates is extremely small, probably less than 1%, but that still amounts to an extremely large number of people. While I haven't been burned by an update, enough have been to justify my waiting until Saturday to download and install updates. Usually, by then, MS has pulled any bad updates and often have issued a corrected one. If the bad update is still being offered, I will, at least, know by then to not download and install it.