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1 posted on 01/07/2016 10:08:43 PM PST by dayglored
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Windows 10 upgrade blocker info from Redmond... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

2 posted on 01/07/2016 10:09:22 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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Strange, never got a single update notification in almost two years of running Win7.

No security problems either, so keeping MS out of my computer seems to be a good thing.

3 posted on 01/07/2016 10:12:54 PM PST by doorgunner69
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Thanks for this post, dayglored.


4 posted on 01/07/2016 10:18:16 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: dayglored

If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.
Ten is a good operating system.


5 posted on 01/07/2016 10:18:59 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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None of this is necessary. The pop-up that keeps prompting you to upgrade gets installed by update KB3035583. Just uninstall and disable that particular update and you won’t be pestered to upgrade again.


9 posted on 01/07/2016 10:28:34 PM PST by SeeSharp
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Ok, I’ve got Win 10 on my pc at work and at home. Have had similar problems on both machines. I have an IT guy at work to work out the bugs....... he’s gone bald pulling his hair and hasn’t solved all bugs. At home I finally called MS tech support in India. She remotely tried to solve my problems and got frustrated..... then went to google! Not long after she fixed my problems. Thought that was real funny.

Anyway, Win 10 started out pretty good, but showing bugs now.


10 posted on 01/07/2016 10:33:04 PM PST by umgud
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for later


11 posted on 01/07/2016 10:34:28 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: dayglored

Thanks for this.


12 posted on 01/07/2016 10:40:23 PM PST by matthew fuller (Americans want to win, especially after seven years of a muslim surrender monkey that hates America!)
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To: dayglored

I did an uninstall of update KB3035583. Then I hid the update so auto update would not install it again. No more nagging.


20 posted on 01/07/2016 10:57:56 PM PST by the_daug
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To: dayglored

There’s WAY more to this than claimed in the article.

I’ve made some tools to help put an end to this coerced Windows 10 installation nonsense. They can be downloaded from here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_hrA7ihzIPlVXpRUnJyc1AyNkU/view

The three included tools uninstall the Windows 10 nagware and the Microsoft “telemetry” (spyware) “updates” from Windows 7 and Windows 8.x Operating Systems if they are installed, prevent the updates from being reinstalled, and remove the Windows 10 installer folder $WINDOWS.~BT if it is present.

These tools must be run from an account with Administrative privilege, which is the case (unfortunately) for most accounts. They can also be run from a non-Administrator account by right-clicking them and then left-clicking on “Run as Administrator”.

The tools are most effective when run in the following order:

1. Run PreventW10InstallationUAC.exe to set Microsoft Update to “manual only” mode and modify a couple of registry variables that tell the OS to never allow a newer OS to be installed. This tool will run quickly unless you accept the optional request (recommended) to make a System Restore Point before the tool makes it changes, in which case the Restore Point will take a while to make.

Note that after this procedure finishes, no more Microsoft updates will be applied unless you manually request a check for updates and then decide which updates to accept, though making such decisions requires knowledge that the average user usually does not possess. However, for mature operating systems I personally believe that blindly accepting Microsoft updates at this juncture has more downsides than upsides.

(If you DO want to attempt to manually check for updates, you’ll first have to change the Windows Update setting from “Never Check for Updates” to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” before you click the “Check for updates” button.)

2. Run RemoveW10NagwareTool.exe to remove a set of Microsoft updates that relate to Windows 10 nagware (”white flag”) popup, Microsoft spyware, and the Windows 10 installer itself if any of them have been installed. Detection and uninstallation can take a few minutes to complete.

If any of this set of updates is found, you’ll need to reboot the system.

It might also be necessary to run this tool again after rebooting if the nagware update had previously been slated to be installed AGAIN, in which case after rebooting, you’ll STILL see the Windows 10 (”white flag”) nag. If that’s the case, just run this tool again and reboot again, and then run PreventW10InstallationUAC.exe again.

3. Finally, after you’re sure the Windows 10 nagware has been removed, run RemoveW10Folder.exe to detect and remove the Windows 10 install folder if it is found.


21 posted on 01/07/2016 11:03:31 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Bmp4L8R


22 posted on 01/07/2016 11:04:51 PM PST by huldah1776
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Make sure you follow all the steps, but essentially you have to:

Just to be clear, accordiong to Microsoft, DisableOSUpgrade and ReservationsAllowed are REG_DWORD values.

If anyone wants the "reg.exe add" commands to handle that, I'll post them.

27 posted on 01/07/2016 11:29:12 PM PST by TChad
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Ping for later ! Thanks


29 posted on 01/08/2016 12:27:58 AM PST by onona (Blind Faith - originally released in 1969 on Polydor Records)
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To: dayglored

honestly not trying to start a battle here but about to upgrade a pc at home and when i do im out. going to ubuntu...have been using it on a htpc and a server for a few years now and its working really well...so i think its time to swap for me...


30 posted on 01/08/2016 1:15:09 AM PST by Irishguy
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Windows 10 installation bookmark


31 posted on 01/08/2016 1:31:46 AM PST by Squeako (Trump: The Red Kool-Aid to Obama's Blue Kool-Aid.)
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Bookmark


32 posted on 01/08/2016 1:48:16 AM PST by JDoutrider
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Just use this tool:

GWX Control Panel

This is a free tool that can remove and disable the ‘Get Windows 10’ notification area icon on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Recent versions can also disable ‘Upgrade to Windows 10’ behavior in the Windows Update control panel and do much more. See the user guide at the Ultimate Outsider blog. You can still download GWX Control Panel as a standalone executable if you don’t like installers. Please see the “GWX CONTROL PANEL RELEASE NOTES” section at the user guide for MD5 and SHA-1 checksums of all official releases.

http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

I’ve done it on 3 of my PCs with no problem.


33 posted on 01/08/2016 1:56:46 AM PST by McGruff (Still hoping for a Trump/Cruz 2016 ticket.)
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To: dayglored

Thanks


36 posted on 01/08/2016 3:28:54 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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bfl


37 posted on 01/08/2016 3:40:38 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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Bkmrk


39 posted on 01/08/2016 4:18:12 AM PST by snippy_about_it
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