This is just bizarre...I have a laptop with Windows 8.1 Pro. I had confirmed that I wanted to upgrade it to Windows 10 Pro using the system tray "Get Windows 10" update, but changed my mind. So when I was told that the Windows 10 update was ready, I told the "Get Windows 10" update that I didn't want to reserve an update anymore. I thought that would be the end of it.
So when I went to get updates today, Windows Update showed on the opening page that it was ready to install Windows 10, and of course none of the Windows 8.1 updates were preselected, why would I need those if I'm upgrading to Windows 10? Since I'd already indicated that I didn't want the Windows 10 update, this was strange.
So I uninstalled the "Get Windows 10" system tray update and hid it, and deselected the optional Windows 10 update, and hid it, too. That should have taken care of business, since the Windows 10 optional update was clearly not selected for download.
But now, every time I go to Windows update to try to get updates for Windows 8.1, even though Windows 8.1 updates are the only ones selected, and the number of optional updates selected indicates that the Windows 10 upgrade is not selected, the first thing that it says that it is doing is downloading the unselected Windows 10 update. I have no idea why this is happening and really need to fix it so that I can just get Windows 8.1 updates.
The only thing that I can think of is re-installing Windows 8.1 and starting over, or installing the Windows 10 upgrade and then going back to Windows 8.1. Either of these sound like really bad ideas, but I just don't know where to turn on this. How about Linux?
Does anyone know how to convince my computer that I really really really don't want the Windows 10 update at this time, just the Windows 8.1 update? Until I get this fixed I can't get Windows 8.1 updates, which is really upsetting me. Too much time wasted on this obvious bad bug.
Thanks very much for any help!
So when I went to get updates today, Windows Update showed on the opening page that it was ready to install Windows 10, and of course none of the Windows 8.1 updates were preselected, why would I need those if I'm upgrading to Windows 10? Since I'd already indicated that I didn't want the Windows 10 update, this was strange.
So I uninstalled the "Get Windows 10" system tray update and hid it, and deselected the optional Windows 10 update, and hid it, too. That should have taken care of business, since the Windows 10 optional update was clearly not selected for download.
But now, every time I go to Windows update to try to get updates for Windows 8.1, even though Windows 8.1 updates are the only ones selected, and the number of optional updates selected indicates that the Windows 10 upgrade is not selected, the first thing that it says that it is doing is downloading the unselected Windows 10 update. I have no idea why this is happening and really need to fix it so that I can just get Windows 8.1 updates.
The only thing that I can think of is re-installing Windows 8.1 and starting over, or installing the Windows 10 upgrade and then going back to Windows 8.1. Either of these sound like really bad ideas, but I just don't know where to turn on this. How about Linux?
Does anyone know how to convince my computer that I really really really don't want the Windows 10 update at this time, just the Windows 8.1 update? Until I get this fixed I can't get Windows 8.1 updates, which is really upsetting me. Too much time wasted on this obvious bad bug.
Thanks very much for any help!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro