'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 UsersTwice a Day

In article k
Anonymous wrote:

As you may recall, Microsoft has delivered KB3035583 as a
'recommended update' to users of Windows 7 and 8.1. What this update
does is install GWX ("Get Windows 10"), a program which diagnoses the
system to see if it is eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10, and
if so, asks the user if they would like to upgrade (though recently,
the option to decline has been removed). Some users have gotten
around this by editing Windows Registry values for "AllowOSUpgrade",
"DisableOSUpgrade", "DisableGWX", and "ReservationsAllowed" in order
to disable the prompt altogether. This advice was endorsed by
Microsoft on their support forums.

According to a report by Woody Leonhard at InfoWorld, the newest
version of the KB3035583 update includes a background process which
scans the system's Windows Registry twice a day to see if the values
for the four aforementioned registry inputs were manually edited to
disable the upgrade prompt. If they were, the process will alter the
values, silently re-download the Windows 10 installation files (about
6 GB in total), and prompt the user to upgrade.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/302...hing-get-windo
ws-10-nagware-isnt-as-easy-as-you-think.html

Note: infoworld.com takes forever to load, if it loads at all.

Old news. If you have any brains at all you can turn it off.

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In article k
Anonymous wrote:

As you may recall, Microsoft has delivered KB3035583 as a
'recommended update' to users of Windows 7 and 8.1. What this update
does is install GWX ("Get Windows 10"), a program which diagnoses the
system to see if it is eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10, and
if so, asks the user if they would like to upgrade (though recently,
the option to decline has been removed). Some users have gotten
around this by editing Windows Registry values for "AllowOSUpgrade",
"DisableOSUpgrade", "DisableGWX", and "ReservationsAllowed" in order
to disable the prompt altogether. This advice was endorsed by
Microsoft on their support forums.

According to a report by Woody Leonhard at InfoWorld, the newest
version of the KB3035583 update includes a background process which
scans the system's Windows Registry twice a day to see if the values
for the four aforementioned registry inputs were manually edited to
disable the upgrade prompt. If they were, the process will alter the
values, silently re-download the Windows 10 installation files (about
6 GB in total), and prompt the user to upgrade.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/302...hing-get-windo
ws-10-nagware-isnt-as-easy-as-you-think.html

Note: infoworld.com takes forever to load, if it loads at all.

Old news. If you have any brains at all you can turn it off.

I think only temporarily. I sut it off in my win 7 and both 8.1's by
deleting some crap somewhere, but it came back in less than a week.

A real PITA.

Jake wrote:


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In article k
Anonymous wrote:

As you may recall, Microsoft has delivered KB3035583 as a
'recommended update' to users of Windows 7 and 8.1. What this update
does is install GWX ("Get Windows 10"), a program which diagnoses the
system to see if it is eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10, and
if so, asks the user if they would like to upgrade (though recently,
the option to decline has been removed). Some users have gotten
around this by editing Windows Registry values for "AllowOSUpgrade",
"DisableOSUpgrade", "DisableGWX", and "ReservationsAllowed" in order
to disable the prompt altogether. This advice was endorsed by
Microsoft on their support forums.

According to a report by Woody Leonhard at InfoWorld, the newest
version of the KB3035583 update includes a background process which
scans the system's Windows Registry twice a day to see if the values
for the four aforementioned registry inputs were manually edited to
disable the upgrade prompt. If they were, the process will alter the
values, silently re-download the Windows 10 installation files (about
6 GB in total), and prompt the user to upgrade.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/302...hing-get-windo
ws-10-nagware-isnt-as-easy-as-you-think.html

Note: infoworld.com takes forever to load, if it loads at all.

Old news. If you have any brains at all you can turn it off.

I think only temporarily. I sut it off in my win 7 and both 8.1's by
deleting some crap somewhere, but it came back in less than a week.

A real PITA.

And if you use this, what happens ?

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

You use that, if you've left Windows Update on Auto, and
you've been receiving a steady stream of "surprises"
from Microsoft.

You have to keep that program up to date, if you
expect to deal with new twists as time passes.

"GWX - The gift that keeps on giving"

Paul

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Paul wrote:

Jake wrote:


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In article k
Anonymous wrote:

As you may recall, Microsoft has delivered KB3035583 as a
'recommended update' to users of Windows 7 and 8.1. What this update
does is install GWX ("Get Windows 10"), a program which diagnoses the
system to see if it is eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10, and
if so, asks the user if they would like to upgrade (though recently,
the option to decline has been removed). Some users have gotten
around this by editing Windows Registry values for "AllowOSUpgrade",
"DisableOSUpgrade", "DisableGWX", and "ReservationsAllowed" in order
to disable the prompt altogether. This advice was endorsed by
Microsoft on their support forums.

According to a report by Woody Leonhard at InfoWorld, the newest
version of the KB3035583 update includes a background process which
scans the system's Windows Registry twice a day to see if the values
for the four aforementioned registry inputs were manually edited to
disable the upgrade prompt. If they were, the process will alter the
values, silently re-download the Windows 10 installation files (about
6 GB in total), and prompt the user to upgrade.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/302...hing-get-windo
ws-10-nagware-isnt-as-easy-as-you-think.html

Note: infoworld.com takes forever to load, if it loads at all.

Old news. If you have any brains at all you can turn it off.

I think only temporarily. I sut it off in my win 7 and both 8.1's by
deleting some crap somewhere, but it came back in less than a week.

A real PITA.

And if you use this, what happens ?

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

You use that, if you've left Windows Update on Auto, and
you've been receiving a steady stream of "surprises"
from Microsoft.

You have to keep that program up to date, if you
expect to deal with new twists as time passes.

"GWX - The gift that keeps on giving"

Paul

So, free Windows is just like Linux now. A lot of code and
promising crap that never gets fixed or developed further.

Fritz Wuehler wrote:

So, free Windows is just like Linux now. A lot of code and
promising crap that never gets fixed or developed further.

Most of the time, we end up not understanding
why they're changing things. If the objective was
to in an obvious way, "make Win10 better and better",
I might have a more positive attitude to the rolling
release idea and what they're actually doing to it.

For example, the desktop version uses Windows
Update. The latest builds added Update Orchestrator,
which sits above Windows Update, a piece of software
used on the Enterprise edition. Do consumers
need Update Orchestrator ? No.
Did the policies in the OS change, because
of the presence of Update Orchestrator ? Yes.
Is the overall change an improvement for
consumers ? No.

The desktop version is being used as a testbed,
and for ideas that may have no positive impact
on the consumer version itself. And that's not
really the intention of the rolling release idea.
It's an abuse of rolling release.

Paul

On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:06:39 -0000, Paul wrote:

Fritz Wuehler wrote:

So, free Windows is just like Linux now. A lot of code and
promising crap that never gets fixed or developed further.

Most of the time, we end up not understanding
why they're changing things. If the objective was
to in an obvious way, "make Win10 better and better",
I might have a more positive attitude to the rolling
release idea and what they're actually doing to it.

For example, the desktop version uses Windows
Update. The latest builds added Update Orchestrator,
which sits above Windows Update, a piece of software
used on the Enterprise edition. Do consumers
need Update Orchestrator ? No.
Did the policies in the OS change, because
of the presence of Update Orchestrator ? Yes.
Is the overall change an improvement for
consumers ? No.

The desktop version is being used as a testbed,
and for ideas that may have no positive impact
on the consumer version itself. And that's not
really the intention of the rolling release idea.
It's an abuse of rolling release.

Yawn..... it works for me, it's the nicest OS I've ever used. And it's not gone wrong once.

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On 16/01/2016 01:57, Jake wrote:



I think only temporarily. I sut it off in my win 7 and both 8.1's by
deleting some crap somewhere, but it came back in less than a week.



But you have been told many times that you are a very stupid person with
limited vocabulary apart from severely demented.


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On 16/01/2016 01:57, Jake wrote:




I think only temporarily. I sut it off in my win 7 and both 8.1's by deleting some crap somewhere, but it came back in less than a week.




But you have been told many times that you are a very stupid person with limited vocabulary apart from severely demented.



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You call people stupid with limited vocabulary and your so smart, then we would like to know what the **** is sut?

On 16/01/2016 01:46, Anonymous wrote:
Old news. If you have any brains at all you can turn it off.


Since when did stupid people had brains?

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Anonymous wrote:

Old news. If you have any brains at all you can turn it off.

Since when did stupid people had brains?

I love it when a troll does that...