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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2016, 03:57:14 PM »
I used it on both of my office computers...not gonna get windows 10 now  :rofl

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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2016, 03:31:33 PM »
Thank you for a second time. Today a customer called that her computer had upgraded no matter what. I rolled back to 7 and ran Never10 from my stick. Checked Windows Update and lo and behold, there still was the no-kb labeled "install 10" ticked. Unticked and hid that one. Rebooted and all was fine and clean.

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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2016, 12:31:19 PM »
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for the heads up on this! On my desktop it has stopped attempting to upgrade and, besides that, seems to have sped up in general with web pages coming up noticeably faster than before.
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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2016, 04:46:30 PM »
Just for giggles I d'ld it & ran it on my box.

Never10 reported back that Win 10 is already disabled on my computer.

Another mode of proof that the MS-provided registry tweaks do work.

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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #19 on: June 02, 2016, 12:48:38 PM »
They're really getting aggressive at Microsoft: A couple of days ago I ran Never10 on a customer's computer which had already announced the download being ready and starting to install. The ad returned the same evening and has nagged since. Yippee ki-yay, Redmond!

Issue solved: As the Never10 site says, "Never10 does NOT prevent the installation of Windows updates, including the infamous Get Windows 10 (GWX) update KB3035583".
« Last Edit: June 02, 2016, 01:08:07 PM by Bizman »

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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2016, 04:02:02 PM »
By the way, to get rid of and disable the GWX.exe program (the "Get Windows 10" program) that MS likes to install on your computer, you can do this.

Uninstall update  KB3035583.  To do this, go into Windows Updates, search for kb3035583.  Uninstall it.  Go into "recommended updates", right click kb3035583 and select to "hide" it so that people don't mistakenly select it to install again later.

Rename the folder "c:\windows\system32\gwx" from "gwx" to "gwx-screwoff" or something.  You might have to change permissions on the folder to rename it.

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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #21 on: June 02, 2016, 04:15:07 PM »
Brooke, that update will not stay hidden.  Just FYI.  You will have to remove it if you allow Windows Update to run on its own.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,71591.msg4998528.html#msg4998528 is my post talking it and how to get rid of the unwanted updates.  There is more than one.
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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #22 on: June 02, 2016, 06:09:30 PM »
Because of this:

"Never10 does NOT prevent the installation of Windows updates, including the infamous Get Windows 10 (GWX) update KB3035583".

I created a scheduled task to run never10.exe every several hours each day (since it is so quick, it doesn't take any resources to do that).

If you want to do this:
-- Go into control panel
-- Click "administrative tools"
-- Double click "task scheduler"
-- On the left, click "task scheduler library"
-- On the right, click "create task"
-- In "general" tab, name it "run never10" (or whatever you want)
-- Enable "run with highest privileges".
-- In "triggers" tab, click "New..." button.
-- Click "daily"
-- Click "repeat task every"
-- Instead of "1 hour" type "2 hour" or "3 hour" or whatever you want
-- Click the "ok" button
-- In the "actions" tab, click "New..." button.
-- Click the "Browse" button and go to wherever you have the program never10.exe and select it.
-- In "add arguments (optional)", type the word "disable" (no quotes -- just the word)
-- Click "ok" button
-- In the "actions" tab, click the "OK" button at the very bottom.

You now have "run never10" task set up to run every 2 hours (or whatever) each day in your list of tasks.

To test it, right click on it in your task list and select "run".  Make sure no dialog boxes or error messages show up.  If it works, you won't see anything pop up (as it runs silently and takes only an instant to complete).
« Last Edit: June 02, 2016, 06:11:58 PM by Brooke »

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Re: Simple way to stop unwanted "upgrade" to Windows 10 behind your back
« Reply #23 on: June 03, 2016, 10:30:29 AM »
Update: I don't know what exactly the customer had seen, since there was no GWX.exe running or present.

Anyhow, I decided to always check the Windows Update settings after using Never10 and at least uncheck the check box for "Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates". Opting that single tick out has proved to be the most effective way to keep our household computers clean as well as many others. Some "critical" updates seem to put the mark back, so the setting has to be checked every once in a while. Or, a more scary scenario, Microsoft forces the setting to be altered. They can do it and they have done it before along with a forced security patch. Just today I cleaned one Win7 computer of the 10 crap, noticing that the recommended updates were chosen. It wasn't too long ago that I did a fresh install for it, so either there's some flaws in my install routine or MS has changed the setting back to defaults.

A serious question: Does the other check box "Allow all users to install updates on this computer" mean that Microsoft is free to do that? I've been in the belief that it means non-admin local users.