• JVH Consulting
• October 12, 2023
• 1

How to block Windows 11 from auto upgrading Windows 10.

Many OEM systems come with Windows 11 out of the box :(…

Systems with CPU above 7th generation and memory capacity will be scanned and allowed to auto-upgrade from Windows 10. This has caught a lot of my clients off-guard..

I found a way to prevent Windows 11 from automatically upgrading from Windows 10. Its 3 registry keys I set via my RMM agent install process.

The Keys are as follows:

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /f /v TargetReleaseVersion /t REG_DWORD /d 1

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /f /v TargetReleaseVersionInfo /t REG_SZ /d 22H2

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /f /v ProductVersion /t REG_SZ /d “Windows 10”

Later, to allow Windows 11 upgrade, just change the last key to Windows 11.

Good luck!