A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install ( as if it was just a routine minor update they don't ask permission for ) a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates. ( It's a 2013 cheap laptop. It still ''works'' plugged, but the poor battery totally died years ago. Oddly-enough you can still buy those curiously-shaped replacement cylindrical laptop batteries. )

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.

A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install ( as if it was just a routine minor update ) a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates. ( It's a 2013 cheap laptop. It still ''works'' plugged, but the poor battery totally died years ago. Oddly-enough you can still buy those curiously-shaped replacement cylindrical laptop batteries. )

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.

A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install ( as if it was just a routine minor update ) a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates. ( It's a 2013 cheap laptop. It still ''works'' plugged, but the poor battery totally died years ago. Oddly-enough you can still buy those curiously-shaped replacement cylindrical laptop batteries. )

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.

A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates. ( It's a 2013 cheap laptop. It still ''works'' plugged, but the poor battery totally died years ago. Oddly-enough you can still buy those curiously-shaped replacement cylindrical laptop batteries. )

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.

A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates. ( It's a 2013 cheap laptop. It still ''works'' plugged, but the poor battery totally died years ago. Oddly-enough you can still buy replacement batteries that fit in those. )

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.

A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates. ( It's a 2013 cheap laptop. It still ''works'' plugged, but the poor battery totally died years ago. )

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.

A couple years ago Microsoft tried to forcefull install a new Windows version on my mother's potato laptop, which definetively could NOT handle it without slowing down to a crawl.

She had just shut the lid closed ( pausing it ) and asked for help.

I had to force it to shut down to crash the installation and thankfully it could unfuck itself back to its previous operating system. I disabled all Windows updates.

In more recent Windows version, you cannot disable all Windows updates without a third-party program. You can only ''pause'' updates and they resume after a few days.