Preventing Windows 10 from installing
Feb 20, 2016, 2:29 pm
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Preventing Windows 10 from installing
Like pretty much everybody here, I got the magic upgrade (KB3035583) and the little window icon. I didn't go for it right away and it just mostly sat there.
I did download it to one machine, and decided I would wait a while before jumping in on the rest.
Anyhow, I dug out a laptop I hadn't used in a couple of months, intending to just download the upgrades I had missed, just to keep it up to date. After a long while, I had a good handful of upgrades, including the 2+Gb Win10 upgrade. I immediately made it a "hidden" upgrade, selected the upgrades I wanted, and clicked "install".
The first thing it starts to to is download Windows 10. I stopped it, and tried again. No luck - it keeps wanting to install it.
So, off to google. It seems what it's doing is downloading the entire thing so that when you "see the light", you can install it quickly. Thanks a lot.
I went back and uninstalled the magic upgrade, and sure enough the little window icon disappeared. However, it still wants to download Win 10.
I have't had this problem (yet!) with any of my other machines but I think it might be just a matter of time.
Has anyone figured out a (simple) way to prevent it from downloading the OS? I ran into a couple of fixes, including registry hacks and the like, but I was wondering if there were a simpler straightforward way of keeping Microsoft at bay.
If I'm forced, I can just re-install Win 7 and not install the offending upgrade, but I was hoping for a more reasonable solution.
I did download it to one machine, and decided I would wait a while before jumping in on the rest.
Anyhow, I dug out a laptop I hadn't used in a couple of months, intending to just download the upgrades I had missed, just to keep it up to date. After a long while, I had a good handful of upgrades, including the 2+Gb Win10 upgrade. I immediately made it a "hidden" upgrade, selected the upgrades I wanted, and clicked "install".
The first thing it starts to to is download Windows 10. I stopped it, and tried again. No luck - it keeps wanting to install it.
So, off to google. It seems what it's doing is downloading the entire thing so that when you "see the light", you can install it quickly. Thanks a lot.
I went back and uninstalled the magic upgrade, and sure enough the little window icon disappeared. However, it still wants to download Win 10.
I have't had this problem (yet!) with any of my other machines but I think it might be just a matter of time.
Has anyone figured out a (simple) way to prevent it from downloading the OS? I ran into a couple of fixes, including registry hacks and the like, but I was wondering if there were a simpler straightforward way of keeping Microsoft at bay.
If I'm forced, I can just re-install Win 7 and not install the offending upgrade, but I was hoping for a more reasonable solution.
Feb 20, 2016, 4:12 pm
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The official (over-complicated) Microsoft way to disable the nagware:
https://www.bit.ly/no-gwx
The UNofficial (easy) way to disable the nagware: GWX Control Panel
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
While you are at it, consider installing Spybot Anti-Beacon. It disables all(?) the spyware that Microsoft has introduced into Win 7, 8 and 10:
https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
https://www.bit.ly/no-gwx
The UNofficial (easy) way to disable the nagware: GWX Control Panel
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
While you are at it, consider installing Spybot Anti-Beacon. It disables all(?) the spyware that Microsoft has introduced into Win 7, 8 and 10:
https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
Last edited by gqZJzU4vusf0Z2,$d7; Feb 21, 2016 at 12:58 pm
Feb 29, 2016, 5:50 am
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 3
Like pretty much everybody here, I got the magic upgrade (KB3035583) and the little window icon. I didn't go for it right away and it just mostly sat there.
I did download it to one machine, and decided I would wait a while before jumping in on the rest.
Anyhow, I dug out a laptop I hadn't used in a couple of months, intending to just download the upgrades I had missed, just to keep it up to date. After a long while, I had a good handful of upgrades, including the 2+Gb Win10 upgrade. I immediately made it a "hidden" upgrade, selected the upgrades I wanted, and clicked "install".
The first thing it starts to to is download Windows 10. I stopped it, and tried again. No luck - it keeps wanting to install it.
So, off to google. It seems what it's doing is downloading the entire thing so that when you "see the light", you can install it quickly. Thanks a lot.
I went back and uninstalled the magic upgrade, and sure enough the little window icon disappeared. However, it still wants to download Win 10.
I have't had this problem (yet!) with any of my other machines but I think it might be just a matter of time.
Has anyone figured out a (simple) way to prevent it from downloading the OS? I ran into a couple of fixes, including registry hacks and the like, but I was wondering if there were a simpler straightforward way of keeping Microsoft at bay.
If I'm forced, I can just re-install Win 7 and not install the offending upgrade, but I was hoping for a more reasonable solution.
I did download it to one machine, and decided I would wait a while before jumping in on the rest.
Anyhow, I dug out a laptop I hadn't used in a couple of months, intending to just download the upgrades I had missed, just to keep it up to date. After a long while, I had a good handful of upgrades, including the 2+Gb Win10 upgrade. I immediately made it a "hidden" upgrade, selected the upgrades I wanted, and clicked "install".
The first thing it starts to to is download Windows 10. I stopped it, and tried again. No luck - it keeps wanting to install it.
So, off to google. It seems what it's doing is downloading the entire thing so that when you "see the light", you can install it quickly. Thanks a lot.
I went back and uninstalled the magic upgrade, and sure enough the little window icon disappeared. However, it still wants to download Win 10.
I have't had this problem (yet!) with any of my other machines but I think it might be just a matter of time.
Has anyone figured out a (simple) way to prevent it from downloading the OS? I ran into a couple of fixes, including registry hacks and the like, but I was wondering if there were a simpler straightforward way of keeping Microsoft at bay.
If I'm forced, I can just re-install Win 7 and not install the offending upgrade, but I was hoping for a more reasonable solution.
1)Press Win+R and write: gpedit.msc and Press Enter
2)Navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update.
3)Locate the “Configure Automatic Updates” setting in the right pane and double-click it.
4)In the window you can choose what you need