Windows 11 General Discussion

[bobbybluz]

I've been using this on Win 10 & 11 for years to block automatic updates. It works great. I enable updates only when needed.
Windows Update Blocker v1.8

 

[R-T-B]

Do you recall that registry key because in 2022 I did alot of tweaking to W11 in settings and registry, and it still got updates... Im really am thinking about having a debloat which guts windows update, and I just use powershell to install necessary security only updates, then an Aero glass Tool and maybe a control panel only tool lol

Yeah, the main setting is in group policy but it alone doesn't stop driver updates, just normal updates. I'll post the key you need in a second with an edit to this post. Also you need your "Device Installation Settings" set to not search for driver updates (usually typing "Device Inst" in the search box will display this dialog as the first result which I have no idea where they hid it otherwise). But between the regkey I'm about to post, the gpedit.msc setting of Disabled Automatic Updates, and that weird setting I just described, nothing has snuck up on me in nearly a decade.

Sorry for the wait but I actually have to get home first to consult my trusty "Windows notes.txt" document.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah, the main setting is in group policy but it alone doesn't stop driver updates, just normal updates.

Nope, for that, one needs to disable the update service and the adjoining support services. This requires some registry fiddling and take ownership steps.

 

[R-T-B]

Nope, for that, one needs to disable the update service and the adjoining support services. This require some registry fiddling and take ownership steps.

I have never had to go that far (as long as gpedit works anyhow, so pro only). I'll post a guide shortly.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have never had to go that far (as long as gpedit works anyhow, so pro only). I'll post a guide shortly.

I will watch with interest!

 

[Epaminombas]

Yes it is.
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You were saying?

And you would be very wrong. I have seen and had to fix them personally, many of them on FRESH untouched installs, not updates.

So again, you were saying?


Which was meandering off-topic anyway...

What you are showing are i9 extreme, a line for industry and professionals.

most 90% of motherboards in the normal Intel 7 and 8 generation line do not have TPM

They started launching motherboards that are 100% compatible with the new generation of Windows 11 from Intel 9 generation onwards.


If you had to fix PCs with Windows 11 problems, then the problem was not the system, but a problem involving bad drivers, a third-party program or a lack of update.

If you do a fresh installation of WIndows 11 and disable Updates then it will cause a lot of problems.
Now if you install 100% of the updates you will hardly have any problems.

 

[lexluthermiester]

What you are showing are i9 extreme, a line for industry and professionals.

You said there were no Intel 7th gen series CPU's supported. I showed otherwise. Are you really going to nitpick?

most 90% of motherboards in the normal Intel 7 and 8 generation line do not have TPM

Moose Muffins!

They started launching motherboards that are 100% compatible with the new generation of Windows 11 from Intel 9 generation onwards.

No, that started with Intel 8th gen as denoted from the EXTENSIVE list of 8th gen CPU's supported in that list above.

If you had to fix PCs with Windows 11 problems, then the problem was not the system, but a problem involving bad drivers, a third-party program or a lack of update.

That would only be true if rolling back to 23H2 didn't work. It does, so it's 24H2, not the users, not the drivers, not anything else. It's problems with the 24H2 build of Windows itself.

If you do a fresh installation of WIndows 11 and disable Updates then it will cause a lot of problems.

That's not the problem. How do I know? Because of client PC's that have completely default installs and STILL have issues.

Now if you install 100% of the updates you will hardly have any problems.

That's not the problem. And not everyone is having the same issues.

However, those issues all magically go away when the machines having issues are rolled back to 23H2. So the problem, and try to follow along here, is 24H2.

 

[Onasi]

What you are showing are i9 extreme, a line for industry and professionals.

Fucking what? HEDT was always prosumer, not industrial.

most 90% of motherboards in the normal Intel 7 and 8 generation line do not have TPM

Fucking what v2? Intel PTT (their fTPM implementation) has been going since LGA1151 in 2015.

They started launching motherboards that are 100% compatible with the new generation of Windows 11 from Intel 9 generation onwards.

All of “incompatibilities” were strictly MS induced fake limitations. The existence of LTSC IoT proves this definitively. Before you try moving the goalposts - it’s the same OS as any other 11 at its core, it absolutely counts.

If you had to fix PCs with Windows 11 problems, then the problem was not the system, but a problem involving bad drivers, a third-party program or a lack of update.

Only a complete fool deals in absolutes. You are legitimately on a wrong forum if this is your position by default. While often issues indeed arise because of user error, claiming that “Microsoft dindu nuffin” in year 2025 is laughable.

 

[Epaminombas]

You didn't give me an example of a bug you had in 24H2 and you didn't even show the event viewer to confirm that it was a Windows process that caused this.

Microsoft wouldn't release a final version of Windows with so many problems.

And updating from above always has a chance of causing problems. Formatting is always the best way.

And this isn't exclusive to Windows.

iMac, iOS, Android, Linux always cause strange problems when you update from above.

So much so that if you go to an Apple store and complain that the update caused a problem, the first thing they do is format your iMac with a USB stick.