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Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time
- Microsoft is in the process of deploying a new patch which it says will allow it to force a future update to Windows 10 or 11 PCs, in addition to nagging users about support running out.
- Patch KB5001716 is an update for Windows Update which allows notifications to be presented to Windows 10 (and 11) users who are running an unsupported version of Windows and is therefore insecure.
- Presumably, these are revisions of KB5001716 being redelivered to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs. However, in some cases in the past, there were errors caused by the reinstallation that conflicted with previous installs of the patch in some way.
- Microsoft says Windows may download and install feature updates to a device if it has reached the end of support for the currently installed version of Windows.
- As a security measure, Microsoft is trying to keep devices secure, but the stealthy manner in which KB5001716 turns up on PCs has been criticised.
- For users, further badgering to move to Windows 11 will be likely translations onto the pop-up notifications.
- Users can head to View update history and Uninstall updates in the Windows Update page to remove KB5001716. This should then allow the latest version to install okay.
- This won’t force an upgrade on a Windows 10 PC that isn’t compatible with the stricter requirements for Windows 11 – but it will continue to nag you about upgrading.
- Normally, forced upgrades are for feature updates but migrating to a whole new OS, like jumping from Windows 10 to 11, is a much bigger move.
- A new patch is being deployed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs that will allow Microsoft to force a future update to the OS (to keep it in support), and also to nag users about support running out, too.
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