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Expect a counterattack from Microsoft. Just like when people figured out how to remove the Windows 10 installer (GWX).
by ape4 10y ago
Expect a counterattack from Microsoft. Just like when people figured out how to remove the Windows 10 installer (GWX).
- r00fus 10y agoThe counter-counterattack should be not give Microsoft any more money. Why feed Microsoft when it bites you in return?
- quickben 10y agoWell they are labeling the tool as spyware through windows defender. Edit: Why the downmoding? The above is just stating the fact.
- S_Daedalus 10y agoI prefer the ongoing counterattack of not using Windows 10. It seems like a strategy that MS is losing to en masse.
- satysin 10y agoTo be fair Microsoft had support documentation on how to disabled and remove GWX correctly and most of the third party tools were overly aggressive and did not follow the documented process. They were basically watchmen programs that looked for the GWX process and would force kill it. If you used a program such as Never10 that used the correct process you would have zero problems (Never10 is basically just a pretty UI that adds the two registry entries to instruct Windows to disable GWX). I agree that MS will counterattack this tool though. Almost every time there is a Windows Update it restores all of the modifications these tools make. It was the same with the GWX killers that did not follow process. Unfortunately there is no process to disable telemetry (outside of Enterprise versions).
- cmdrfred 10y agoThe issue was the Microsoft changed the registry key that was effective, re-enabling GWX if I recall.