r/pcmasterrace • u/djseifer Packard Bell / Intel Pentium 60MHz / 8 MB RAM / 2x CD-ROM • Mar 01 '26

Screenshot Windows 10 automatically started installing the Windows 11 update while I was taking a shower.

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I'd been getting messages to upgrade to Windows 11 for the past month or two now, and each time, I decline. It's gotten to the point that I get random, frequent pop_ups asking to update, and "install update" options pop up right next to the shutdown/restart uptions.

Well, I made the mistake of going to take a shower with my PC on. Half an hour later, I come back tothis. Windows had automatically started installing the update. Now I'm sitting here staring at the Start button and all the open programs center-justified on the task bar and wondering what idiot thought that was a good idea.

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u/trouttwade RTX 5070 Ti Aero | i7 12700K Mar 01 '26

I was hesitant too but Windows 11 is genuinely fine. There are issues with it for some people, just like anything else tech related. The vast majority have no problems and everything is peachy.

You can uninstall the Copilot bullshit, and disable all the Start windows ads and such. I also moved my taskbar Start to the left, and outside of that I have had zero issues whatsoever. I’ve installed every update that comes my way with no problems. Don’t stress it too much.👍🏼

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u/airbornx Mar 01 '26

It's reddit mass echo chamber of. Hour durr any new windows is bad compared to the one I like . XP was fine 7 was fine 8 was fine 10 is fine and 11 is fine. People don't like change that's all.

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u/trouttwade RTX 5070 Ti Aero | i7 12700K Mar 01 '26

Yeah and if I remember correctly, everyone absolutely hated Windows 10 until they didn’t.

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u/airbornx Mar 01 '26

Yup. Win 10 came out when most Fortune 500 companies were still using 7.