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Block the update URLs in a firewall for your network. Call it a day.
You could also use a Raspberry Pi or some other SBC to do it, if you want to keep the firewall rules off of Windows itself... just in case. If you go the SBC route, Pi-hole is free and pretty niffty.
Also, most cable modems routers have built in firewalls too. Can block it that way.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 7-Apr-23 16:27pm.
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1) In Windows Update > Advanced Settings
Make sure 'download over metered networks' is OFF
2) In your network settings
Open Properties for your WiFi/whatever network you use
Set Metered Connection to ON
Windows can't update
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I don't know if it would work for sure, but disabling TPM in the BIOS/UEFI might be an option.. assuming you didn't need it for anything in Windows 10. Since Windows 11 requires TPM, it should refuse to upgrade, even if you tried.
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It would seem MS finally figured out what FB knew all along... your data is valuable. Macs do it too, but for some reason nobody cares when it comes to Macs. Either way, big tech is getting too big for its britches where they think they own us.
Hopefully, someone will actually make a user-friendly Linux distro that doesn't sound like it was named by an 11-year-old who thinks crap like "Donkey OS" is a good idea.
Jeremy Falcon
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FWIW - Linux Mint 21.1 is pretty darn good.
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"user-friendly Linux"! I wish I'd live to see that day... It will come sometime in "the year of Linux" 
Crappy names is the last thing I care about Linux. I've been using Linux since 1997 (Suse), I have a dual boot machine with Ubuntu and Win 10 and a VB with Fedora. I know/used several programming languages, have a masters in computers and hardware engineering and I am persistent. Not enough for Linux! It is renown for its stability, security, getting updates without need to reboot, etc. It is all long gone! The difference between Linux and Windows is that, while windows is an environment populated with programs/applications one can just use, Linux is the work in itself - always tweaking, learning, keeping up-to-date with the latest changes, dealing with applications that just don't work anymore because some 'dependency' changed version or was deleted, etc.,etc. I am so sick and tired of having to spend my time fighting the OS, instead doing some useful work. Linux has its place on servers, in embedded systems (because it's free) and generally used by experts and masochists (like me). Not for the casual/ordinary/sane user as the only OS on he/her's computer.
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You're preaching to the choir man. I love Linux for servers and/or SBCs, IoT devices, etc. as well. But, for the desktop it's still too much hassle for the average person.
I'm no longer a fan of Macs, but the truth is some people want to just use their computer without having to study for years to learn how to use it. Linux on the desktop fails hard in that category and it's not even hard to break the system if you miss one update - which on some distros will happen like damn near daily. I mean what, you buy a computer and are never allowed to go outside anymore? Problem is that nerds are blind and rarely put themselves in the mind of the average user. They let their love for their favorite "leet OS" blind them to reality.
Also, you're thinking like a tech dude if you don't care about the name or branding. Or maybe you do and just are reaaaaalllly tired of the other stuff.  But even if peeps instantly regret trying a distro, no average person will take it seriously if it sounds like it's named by a 12-year-old for 12-year-olds. It's just not going to happen.
As a side note, Unbuntu is slower than other distros. Especially on older hardware. It's the distro to use if you don't want to actually learn Linux. But it's also slow.
Jeremy Falcon
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I gave up and switched my family's computers to Linux Mint.
Win 10 (like Win 7) was tolerable. Win 11 is a rolling train wreck.
Win 12 won't save it.
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Groomer that one country knows the access code for. (11)
Further apologies as I may be a bit slow to respond for the next hour or two as the guv'nor informs me there are places I need to be today. 
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Combination
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Groomer - Comb
one - i
Country - nation
access code - Combination
YAUM (if there is one as it's Easter)
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I'll do one I'm not in the least bit religious
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Put your foot down show her who's boss - good luck with that 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I will roll over like a puppy for the next few hours as I need to secure 2 hours of absolute undisturbed peace to watch a game later followed by some beer. Building up the brownie points in advance to secure this small prize!
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Time for an Oi Rich Leyshon !!!
Edit
I've just noticed that he said he'd be at least two hours late
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And I'm going to beat my estimate ...
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Wordle 657 3/6*
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 657 4/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wondering how did you skipped third one above...
1. You gut?
2. First two kind of gave away the first letter
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The second one told me where the Yellow letter had to be: it couldn't be at the front because of the second letter.
So I had a pattern ?X?XX and there was an obvious choice given the "wrong" letters in the first two.
Looking back on it, there were other words it might have been, but I just got lucky!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 657 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 657 4/6
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Wordle 657 3/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
One of my better guesses and I don't even know the word 
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