Windows Update Pushes Windows 10 Upgrade

In Windows 7 recent instances of Windows Update appear to be heavily biased towards forcing the “optional” Upgrade to Windows 10:

But, if you want to stay on Windows 7 for now, how do you just get the updates for Windows 7 and put the Upgrade to Windows 10 on the back burner?

Just look a little closer and you’ll see a link to “Show all available updates” below the Upgrade to Windows 10 graphic, click on it to reveal all updates:

You’ll notice that the “Optional” Upgrade to Windows 10 is ticked, that’s a bit presumptuous! All you need to do is un-tick it and, to stop it re-appearing, right-click and select “Hide update”.

Windows Update will now show updates for your current version of Windows:

If you wand to get the Upgrade to Windows 10 update back, just choose “Restore Hidden Updates” from the left pane and tick it in the window shown: