[ducttape45]

Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on one's views, I can't install W11 nor do I ever plan to. My machines won't support it.

My two main desktops all have W7, W10 and Linux Mint, tri-boot. It's a bit tricky but it can be done. W7 of course won't update except for a couple things (malicious software tool and a couple security updates monthly). I have a program to stop W10 from updating, plus I set the registry to prevent it from updating past the 1909 version of W10. That's as much as my systems will handle, and I uninstalled OneDrive on W10. I also turned off the telemetry in W10.

But I will keep this post bookmarked for future reference. Thank you for your help.

[daniel1212]

Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on one's views, I can't install W11 nor do I ever plan to. My machines won't support it. My two main desktops all have W7, W10 and Linux Mint, tri-boot. It's a bit tricky but it can be done. W7 of course won't update except for a couple things (malicious software tool and a couple security updates monthly). I have a program to stop W10 from updating, plus I set the registry to prevent it from updating past the 1909 version of W10. That's as much as my systems will handle, and I uninstalled OneDrive on W10. I also turned off the telemetry in W10. But I will keep this post bookmarked for future reference. Thank you for your help.

And thanks for your input. I have a home-built PC (Ryzen 3200G CPU; 128Gb RAM; Sata SSD and NVME drives, W/ 11 Pro, Retail (as a result of an $29 upgrade from XP to W.8 years ago), plus my old but quite capable old home built, running Mint (mainly only used just for email and browsing), and an old laptop running W/7 to broadcast 24/7 (via USB-powered FM transmitter) Christian messages in our apt. bldg. Reaches outside about 50', praise God for all that helps.

[daniel1212]

Supplemental: Disable telemetry and always-online features https://geckro.github.io/html/articles/windows11.html