Yup, your list of '-' items is terrific. Well put. I've seen the same. Had an HP laptop with a version of Windows 10 I liked okay, but after several years th

Yup, your list of '-' items is terrific. Well put. I've seen the same. Had an HP laptop with a version of Windows 10 I liked okay, but after several years the mechanical hard disk failed. Got another HP laptop, with Bit Locker and Windows 11. In one word for multiple reasons, unacceptable. Finally had (failed to keep good notes on where from) a thumb drive with apparently a recent version of Windows 10, installed it, and then discovered your list with '-' -- yup, I'm not the only one. Looks like now Microsoft and 10 want to force users to accept updates: Sounds like should take backups of 10 and reinstall after the updates. The Windows 10 I had on the first HP didn't have the junk in your '-' list. Gee, should try to get and install the version of Windows 10 I had, uh, get a list of all the Windows 10 versions and pick one of the older 5-6 years ago? In general, I'd like the tools I use to stop doing things I didn't ask for.