It is quite amusing that Microsofts answer to any kind of Windows 10 upgrade cancellation issue is to uninstall that app! That only works if the approximately 3GB worth of Windows 10 files haven't already been downloaded. Once they are, uninstalling that
app does nothing because it's in the clutches of Windows Update.
Luckily I found my own solution. The only way I could resolve it was to do a system restore to a week ago and then I was able to uninstall that app and "hide" all updates related to Windows 10.
But thanks for the help anyway.
-Amir
I have a Windows 10 install I would like to cancel as well. I did ask for the reservation, but somehow I went and turned my PC on one morning, got a BLACK SCREEN, and it actually installed Windows 10. I didn't know what was going on at first, but I finally
discerned what had happened and after some research I found the Microsoft feature to backup to a previous Windows system. In my case, it's Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I disliked many things I found in Windows 10 and I did use the option to backup to Windows 7 a
day later. I found an innocuous little message warning me that I might have to reinstall "some" programs after the backup. I did run into one. There may have been more. The backup to Windows 7 seemed to go okay outside of the program reinstall it caused.
I worried what Microsoft may have left behind from the Windows 10 install so I did a complete system reload from a current Macrium Reflect image backup. That went well, but I kept getting Windows 10 nag messages. I uninstalled KB3035583 and that got rid of
the nag messages. This morning I happened into Windows Update and found it is ready to install Windows 10 if I click "Restart". I couldn't find how to attach a pdf, mht, or doc file I have of the notice in Windows Update, but a quote from it is "Your update
to Windows 10 is ready" "You need to restart your PC to begin installation. This might take awhile, but we'll let you know when it's done." This is followed by a "Restart now" button. I read in one of the forums I researched that the install won't actually
start until I press the Restart button and apparently that's true because it is still there after several reboots.
Now, I don't know what to do. I don't want to go through all of that again. I read that I should hide the update in Control Panel, but I can't find how to do that. Windows won't let me check for updates because it's in the middle of the Windows 10 install.
Hiding it would be short term in any case because I don't want to leave the Windows 10 files lying around. Any help would be appreciated
IronYooper.