[conservativesister]

Is there a way to stop Windows updates?
My laptop had a message on the screen:
“Due to critical updates, you cannot continue”
or something to that nature last Friday, so I STUPIDLY clicked the button to continue.
It updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I wasn’t told what the update was other than CRITICAL.,
This should be illegal, now everything is screwed up and I’m now getting a message that my Windows is not activated, I’m not clicking on that button. I HATE MS and WINDOWS.

[dayglored]

If you have a backup image of your Windows 7 system, I'd recommend that you roll back to that, or re-install if necessary. Updating from Win7 to Win10 is not free, and in many cases has caused stability problems later even if successful.

Fingers crossed that you have a backup; a full image is best.