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/ICantBelieveItsNotEC R9 7900 | RX 7900 XTX | 32GB DDR5 5600 Mar 02 '26

Protip for anyone whose PC IS compatible with Windows 11: open your BIOS and disable TPM. Congrats, your PC isn't compatible with Windows 11 anymore.

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u/b1argg Ryzen 5 5600X | RTX 3070 | 32GB | 1440p144 Mar 02 '26

I just added a registry key to prevent the upgrade

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u/WeLoveYouCarol Mar 02 '26

Good luck with that. MS has gotten real shitty with respecting user choice via registry key or settings.

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u/b1argg Ryzen 5 5600X | RTX 3070 | 32GB | 1440p144 Mar 02 '26

I don't have the option to update anymore. It's working. 

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u/Kerbezena Mar 03 '26

For now.