(PeteCresswell) wrote:
I had disabled Windows Update service and Background Intelligent
Transfer Service, but still wound up with this scary "Get Windows 10"
icon on the system's TaskBar.

This is on a box that I am trying to get working with DriveBender as a
backup for my NAS box and I *really* do not need any more complications
right now - and I am afraid that somehow I will fat-finger that icon and
bring the house down.

So.... how to drive a stake through it's little black heart ?

You could try a program like this...

http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/201...ly-remove.html

http://ultimateoutsider.com/download...trol_panel.exe

Or, you could merge in a .reg file with a few stoppers in it.
You can see in this example, there is one called "DisableGWX"
just for the icon and friends.

******* DisableGWX.reg *******
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Created by Vishal Gupta for AskVG.com

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\GWX]
"DisableGWX"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000
******* end DisableGWX.reg *******

Paul