[Henchster]

Never 10 has worked for me - hope MS hasn't figured out how to bypass it too:

Never 10

[matthew fuller]

This is the one I installed a long time ago, and it’s been a complete success-
It loads something called GWX Control Panel. Someone posted it right here on FR, sorry that I can’t remember who.

http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

[ThreeYearLurker]

Thank you, this has been driving me nuts, I will try it out when I get home.

[Sergio]

Tech bookmark, thanks for the link.

[HangThemHigh]

"We had to stop the updates or else trash the computer."

Been there, done that both of the above, even with Never 10.

But Never10 didn't work forever for me. The blockade held several months, but MS decided I really needed to update, no matter what I thought in my ignorance. I was unable to boot the computer or recover after the failed update.

I finally decided I would have to reinstall everything, but I tried to take away some learning from the experience. The machine has been happily running Ubuntu the last year or so. I wasn't about to buy a new computer and then pollute it with a MS-OS.

I'm running Win Vista on this computer, they don't even try to update or even patch this thing.