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Paper Roses

(7,506 posts) Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:42 AM Jun 2016

Tried to find answer re Win 10 upgrade, no luck. Please advise:

I am too old to worry about the Win 10 upgrade. If I'm around after 2020 when the updates stop, I'll worry about it then.

Like so many of us, I get daily-or- several times daily, the upgrade notice. I X out of the pop-up. Several times I have checked installed programs on (Win 7) and the damn KB3035583 is back. I have un-installed it several times but it comes back on my PC, not the back yet on laptop.

I am a computer idiot so I don't know how to stop this permanently. I feel I'm being harassed by MS. Leave me the heck alone.
Can you tell me, when the 'free upgrade' stops later this month, does the danger of an MS upgrade(without my permission) go away. Can I then forget about it?

I am a simple computer user and don't need or want all this baloney. Was happy w/XP, Win 7 does the job. I don't want anything else.!!!!!
Thanks

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Tried to find answer re Win 10 upgrade, no luck. Please advise: (Original Post) Paper Roses Jun 2016 OP

As far as I know, on July 29th Microsoft will stop harassing people about Windows 10 steve2470 Jun 2016 #1

I created a file and use "taskkill" to kill the gwx* notifications and popups. woodsprite Jun 2016 #2

Here's a simple, once-and-for-all way to block the Windows 10 notifications and forced upgrade. earthshine Jun 2016 #3

Another vote for the GRC Never10 csziggy Jun 2016 #4

There are 3 or 4 Win 7 updates that trigger it: ucrdem Jun 2016 #5

steve2470

(37,468 posts)

1. As far as I know, on July 29th Microsoft will stop harassing people about Windows 10

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:47 AM

Jun 2016

However, I don't work for MS, so they could continue trying to pressure people.

To stop all problems, do this:

https://www.grc.com/files/never10.exe

Click that link to download Never10. Install the program. We'll help you. This program will guarantee no more hassles with Windows 10.

This is the page that gives some explanation: https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

woodsprite

(12,221 posts)

2. I created a file and use "taskkill" to kill the gwx* notifications and popups.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 12:06 PM

Jun 2016

I also kill a few other things, but they're trash gaming programs that came with my video card and autoload on startup.

Here's the MS page about "Taskkill"

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491009.aspx

And here's another link with instructions on how to create a file with the command.

http://lifehacker.com/5645770/create-service-stopping-batch-files-to-optimize-your-pc-for-specific-tasks

earthshine

(1,642 posts)

3. Here's a simple, once-and-for-all way to block the Windows 10 notifications and forced upgrade.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 01:40 PM

Jun 2016

The renowned Steve Gibson of TWIT.TV has created this free mini-program for Win 7/8/8.1 to permanently block Windows 10.

https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

QED - end of story

Microsoft so loved the spying facilities (called telemetry) built into Windows 10 that last year they backported some of them to Windows 7 and 8 via the Windows updates.

This free program, Spybot Anti-beacon, stops telemetry uploads from W7, W8.1, and W10.

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

Good luck!

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

4. Another vote for the GRC Never10

Reply to earthshine (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 02:33 AM

Jun 2016

Small, non-resident and it does the job!

ucrdem

(15,720 posts)

5. There are 3 or 4 Win 7 updates that trigger it:

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:28 AM

Jun 2016

KB-2952664 - Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7
KB-3035583 - Get Win 10
KB-3123862 - Updated capabilities to upgrade Windows 8.1 and Windows 7

So you have to hide those and check that they don't come back or get unhidden. Basically check each Win 7 update (not the various security updates, just the Win 7 updates) by clicking "more info" on the right and reading the description.

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