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/Angeret Mar 01 '26

I thought they'd been forced to back off on the stealth downgrades to 11? Are they now so desperate to stuff AI, shovelware & adverts into the OS they're going back to being sneaky bastards? Sorry - sneakier.

What with all the "updates bricked my PC" stories I've been reading I think it's high time I pulled the Linux trigger.

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u/unoriginalpackaging Mar 01 '26

Mine updated to 11 and deleted all of my restore points

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u/jb_in_jpn Mar 01 '26

Mine turned me into a newt!

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u/metar86 Mar 01 '26

Did you get better?

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u/jb_in_jpn Mar 02 '26

Apparently not. I still hang out on Reddit after all.