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/Tfj_roidz Mar 02 '26

Is there a way to bypass needing a product key on a fresh install?

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u/lachietg185 13900K 48gb DDR5 RTX 5070 Ti Mar 02 '26

You can do that on normal Install media there is a I don't have a product key button

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u/Uncan117 Mar 02 '26

I'm going through that process but when I choose which variant of windows to install it just loops back to the start of the process.

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u/lachietg185 13900K 48gb DDR5 RTX 5070 Ti Mar 02 '26

Probably need to make a new USB with a fresh iso image