I&#x27;ve got better things to do than avoid updates. Disconnect your machine from the internet to keep Windows 7. Then when you buy new hardware, just run Windows 10.<p>I for the life of me can&#x27;t see how &quot;An inadvertent or forced upgrade to Windows 10 would be catastrophic to our workflow&quot;. What is your workflow can you elaborate?<p>Resistance is futile.