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I've ended up installing GWX Control Panel to thwart this BS: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/. Feel all sorts of

by kmfrk 10y ago

I've ended up installing GWX Control Panel to thwart this BS: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/. Feel all sorts of ridiculous for having to do so, especially from a security perspective, but here we are. -- I've read that one way to go about this is to create a disk image, upgrade to W10, and then restoring from your disk image back to whatever your current version is. This way, you can also install W10 past the deadline of ultimo July - but Windows might continue nagging you in the inteim. Haven't tried it, but at least you'll save the potential $100 if you intend to upgrade down the line.

satysin 10y ago
Or just set two registry keys and never think about it again or have third party programs running https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3080351 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3080351 Just save the following in a .reg file and run or add the keys manually and you never see any of the upgrade crap ever again. At least I never have since last July when I did this on a Win7 machine. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX] "DisableGWX"=dword:00000001
- Piskvorrr 10y ago
  The problem with this is that malware keeps evolving: originally it used to be a single key, but look, people kept disabling it, canna have that, let's make it two keys. GWX has its own update, and keeps up with the squirming Windows Nein Update fairly well.
  - ryanlol 10y ago
    As far as I can tell the advice has been to change both of the keys for at least a year now. When did it change?
  - satysin 10y ago
    They have worked since before the release of Windows 10. I don't really understand why people have such a hard time with this, especially here of all places.
beedogs 10y ago
Another great tool is the Aegis Win7/8 cleanup kit. It'll uninstall all of the Win10 nagware that seems to make it into every OS update. It also blocks a lot of the MS phone-home hosts and removes a bunch of other spyware Microsoft has backported to Win7 and 8 from 10. "Block 197 bad hosts, change windows update to check/notify (do not download/install), disable automatic delivery of internet explorer via windows update, disable ceip/gwx/skydrive(aka onedrive)/spynet/telemetry/wifisense, disable remote registry, disable 31 scheduled tasks, disable windows 10 download directory, remove diagtrack, sync time to ntp.org, hide/uninstall 50 kb updates (see below)." https://github.com/th3power/aegis-voat https://github.com/th3power/aegis-voat https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510 https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510
ddeck 10y ago
Keep in mind that the prior windows key/OS combination may be invalidated by MS during (or at any point after) this process, leading them to treat a running instance of the prior OS as a pirated version.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  I'm counting on it. When all this began I replaced my legit Windows 7 copy with a pirated one because it isn't eligible for the 'Windows 10 upgrade'.
- kmfrk 10y ago
  Well that's just lovely.

by kmfrk 10y ago

satysin 10y ago

Or just set two registry keys and never think about it again or have third party programs running https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3080351 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3080351 Just save the following in a .reg file and run or add the keys manually and you never see any of the upgrade crap ever again. At least I never have since last July when I did this on a Win7 machine. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX] "DisableGWX"=dword:00000001

Piskvorrr 10y ago
The problem with this is that malware keeps evolving: originally it used to be a single key, but look, people kept disabling it, canna have that, let's make it two keys. GWX has its own update, and keeps up with the squirming Windows Nein Update fairly well.
- ryanlol 10y ago
  As far as I can tell the advice has been to change both of the keys for at least a year now. When did it change?
- satysin 10y ago
  They have worked since before the release of Windows 10. I don't really understand why people have such a hard time with this, especially here of all places.

beedogs 10y ago

Another great tool is the Aegis Win7/8 cleanup kit. It'll uninstall all of the Win10 nagware that seems to make it into every OS update. It also blocks a lot of the MS phone-home hosts and removes a bunch of other spyware Microsoft has backported to Win7 and 8 from 10. "Block 197 bad hosts, change windows update to check/notify (do not download/install), disable automatic delivery of internet explorer via windows update, disable ceip/gwx/skydrive(aka onedrive)/spynet/telemetry/wifisense, disable remote registry, disable 31 scheduled tasks, disable windows 10 download directory, remove diagtrack, sync time to ntp.org, hide/uninstall 50 kb updates (see below)." https://github.com/th3power/aegis-voat https://github.com/th3power/aegis-voat https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510 https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510

ddeck 10y ago

Keep in mind that the prior windows key/OS combination may be invalidated by MS during (or at any point after) this process, leading them to treat a running instance of the prior OS as a pirated version.

cmdrfred 10y ago
I'm counting on it. When all this began I replaced my legit Windows 7 copy with a pirated one because it isn't eligible for the 'Windows 10 upgrade'.
kmfrk 10y ago
Well that's just lovely.