[hpsdr] Best way to block windows 10 upgrade

[David McQuate]

Check out the gwx toolbox. It controls many aspects of MS Win 10 "upgrade".
Dave
WA8YWQ

AA8K73 GMail <aa8k73 at gmail.com> wrote:

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>Thank you George.
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>I merely went into the Windows registry and added the
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>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
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>DisableOSUpgrade 1
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>and
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>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX
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>DisableGWX  1
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>and it stopped trying to update my Windows 7 desktop to Windows 
>10.  It still allows me to install the Windows 7 patches.
>
>
>It had kept trying to install Windows 10, even though the 
>Microsoft web site found that the PC was not able to run Windows 
>10.  I would boot, it would fail on Windows 10 and then I had to 
>restore back to previous Windows 7 until the next boot.  One 
>wonders at the wisdom of their efforts.
>
>< 
>http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-block-windows-10-upgrades-on-your-business-network-and-at-home-too/
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> >
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>
>I keep that Windows 7 PC running for the dedicated task of BOINC 
>QCN earthquake network.  The accelerometers I have do not have a 
>driver for Windows 10.
>
>
>73,
>Mike - AA8K
>
>
>On 06/04/2016 07:53 AM, George Byrkit wrote:
>> Please install GWX Control Panel from:
>http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/.  It totally
>> blocks the showing of the upgrade 'offer' from windows 7/8/8.1 to
>windows 10, and removes
>> what has preemptively downloaded.
>>
>> 73,
>> George K9TRV
>>
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