I want to edit the Registry to permanently stop Windows Updates-I cannot have this happen again, not to mention I find the idea of being advertised to on my own operating system insulting and degrading. Perform a clean install of Windows 10 build 1607 Anniversary Update. I absolutely cannot afford to have my computer catastrophically fail, as it did just recently. I run a small business, and I have legacy programs and scientific analysis software that I cannot afford to have break with an unfriendly update. There's a story here, but I'm too furious to write it all over again so you'll just have to take the question at face value. I have Windows 10 Home edition, not enterprise or pro.
