Windows 11 comes with new features and tools to increase your productivity. But if for some reason you or your business is not ready and you don’t want to migrate to Windows 11, you can prevent it from being installed on your Windows 10 PC by changing the registry or group policy settings.
Let’s see the two methods in detail.
1]Block Windows 11 with Group Policy Editor
If you do not want to install Windows 11 on your computer, you can block it using the Group Policy Editor. But remember that this option is only available for users of Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions of Windows 10. So if you are currently using Windows 10 Home edition, please skip this method and use the next method.
Open Group Policy Editor and navigate to the following setting:
Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Update for Business.
Now go to the right pane and double click on File Select the target version of the feature update Policy.
Check the Enabled box.
Write 9:11 pm where 9:20 pm in the text field and click OK button.
Now close the Group Policy Editor and you are done.
2]Block Windows 11 with Registry Editor
If you do not have access to the Group Policy Editor due to Windows 10 Home Edition, you can use registry hacking to block Windows 11 on your PC. But in case you don’t know much about Registry Editor, we suggest that you contact any qualified person before you start. This is because using Registry Editor incorrectly is very risky and can sometimes cause serious damage to your system.
To block Windows 11 using Registry Editor:
- Right-click on the Start menu and select a path in the menu list.
- Type regedit.exe in the text field and click the OK button.
- Go to \ Microsoft \ Windows \ WindowsUpdate key
- Double click TargetReleaseVersion and set the value data to 1.
- Now click the OK button to save it.
- Then double click TargetReleaseVersionInfo and sand value data 21H1 (or 21H2)
- Restart your computer to apply the changes.
If you need, you can see the above steps in detail:
To start it, open Registry Editor first. To do this, open the Start menu, type regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor window. If you see UAC prompts on the screen, tap Yes A button to grant privileges.
In the Registry Editor window, navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
If you can’t find a file Windows Update The registry key is on the left side, you need to create it.
To do this, right-click on a file windows folder and select New > Key. The name of the new key as Windows Update and press Enter to save it.
Then right click on the file Windows Update folder and select New Value > DWORD (32-bit). In the right pane, name the new key TargetReleaseVersion and press Enter to save it.
Then double click TargetReleaseVersionSet value data 1, Then click OK button to save it.
Right click again on the file Windows Update folder and select New > String value. In the right pane, name the new key TargetReleaseVersionInfo and press Enter to save it.
Then double click TargetReleaseVersionInfoSet value data 9:11 pm (or 21H2) and then click OK button to save it.
Now close the recording window and restart your computer.
You are done.
Point: You can also use GRC InControl – it will allow you to install only security updates and block all non-security features or updates.
There is no option to stop or disable Windows Updates using the Control Panel or Settings app in Windows 10 as there was with previous versions of Windows. But there is a workaround to disable or disable Windows Update in Windows 10. This article shows you how to disable or block Windows automatic update in Windows 10.
