Windows 10 Update - How to Stop It

Hi Alan

Like you, it was becoming a real pain in the but and twice on my own private computer, it gave the countdown in progress.

Doing what I have posted above will kill the Windows 10 outright and you will never ever see those annoying prompts.

Like I said above, make sure that you follow the details outlined in the Red Squares.


Cheers



Stephen

Hi Wicket

I am only going on the advise given by our IT Support team, so I would have that they would only recommend the product that also works 100%.

Either way it great to get rid of that very annoying "Upgrading to Windows 10 in 15 Minutes "


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Stephen

Hi Fred

Yes has been getting a real joke lately


Use the above and you will never have those problems any more.


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Stephen

Hi Bob

It's good to get rid of those annoying Windows 10 upgrades.



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Stephen

Hi Robyn

Yes like you I had been getting the countdown and would make sure that I would never get started.

The above will eliminate that for good.


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Stephen

Bonz, the main difference between home and ultimate in Windows 7 was the Aero, preview and taskbar features which were gee whiz back then and ho hum now.

All that and more just comes standard now. Think reversing sensors being a $600 option 7 years ago and standard equipment now. Same thing.

Thanx Boobook,

I also found that I wasnt able to change a lot of settings and setup things in Win7 home that I can in Ultimate, has that changed for Win10? Dad had 10 on his laptop, its much faster than Win8, but has some annoying liumitations with settings.

Thanks for the info

Bonz

Ultimate also had some advanced networking options that most home or small business users don't or can't use like domains, RDS, unix access etc.

I just checked and windows 7 Ultimate will upgrade to Windows 10 Pro which has the equivalent features.

Win 7 to 10 upgrade versions

Here are the Win 10 feature comparisons


Also see my post below. Win 7 support has ended and the offer to upgrade ends at the end on July 29 this year.

Thanx Boobook, mine has been pending update since Nov last year and still hadnt updated ..... Might go take a look now

I knew that option was there somewhere. So easy to miss it. Specifically done that way so that we get caught.

Hi MH

Phil

Hi Bob

The trouble is when using our Macs, its not until you hop onto Windows computer they you realise just how much the Mac are....no crashing programs just for starters. The only reason I take a small netbook away on holidays, is I record all our daily track files, and Waypoints.

Even though my Toshiba Ultrabook has a solid state drive, just like my Mac, the Mac kills it in every way, its is just so much quicker.


All the best.




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Stephen

Yep! That's been my experience too. It appears to be a reliable platform, better than XP even. All the programs i've been using in MS windows 8.1 work with Windows 10. I've yet to discover one that doesn't.

I don't know the reasons why Oziexplorer hasn't been developed for Macs but I suspect that given it is the go to app around the world for mapping related GPS I'd say Des Newman has his hands full already.

Being a Mac user also, in my opinion there is simply nothing to compare to Oziexplorer available for the OS X platform. That's one reason why I maintain a laptop running Windows 10. I certainly don't want to mix my OS X operating system with a Microsoft Operating system. I like to keep things separate so I won't install Parallels or use Bootcamp.
WBS

Windows 7 is doomed. Windows 10 is the future, for the time being. I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro after much resistance. Now..I reckon its great. I bought a paid unit . About $300 but I have the usb original stick and peace of mind.

cheers

Last night I was going to ask why not just upgrade to 10, but thought that I must have missed something and had made a big mistake in doing so.

Phew, what a relief that I'm not the only one in the world to have gone over.
I have had no negatives at all in using 10.

Paul

Another compelling event is that Windows 7 support stopped in January this year. You now have to pay Microsoft for Win 7 support.

Win 10 is supported forever ( "Our last operating system") but soon the free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end - on July 29, 2016.

Free upgrade ends.

Given you can downgrade back to your original OS withing 30 days IMHO you are crazy to knock back an offer for a faster, more reliable, easier to use OS with modern design and future programs support for free. That is like knocking back a free warranty extension on your car where they also upgrade the software to make it quicker and more reliable.

Yup, installing Windows 10 stopped all the nagging and countdowns for updating to OS.

Been running it for about 6 months on 2 PC and once I figured out how to stop sharing the updates with the rest of the world, it works great.

I do have a HTPC running Windows Media Centre which is not included in the W10 OS so that PC has been locked down with W7 using GWX which has fixed the W10 nags.

I guess in the interests of full disclosure. I delayed upgrading for a while because past experience with upgrades on Microsoft have been mixed.

I bit the bullet a while ago and grit my teeth......

The process was smooth, automatic and painless. i did have an issue with the display on my win 8.1 PC that flickered occasionally but that stopped after about a day. Dunno why, I think it updated the driver. No issues at all from Win 7.

I honestly thought afterwards, I should have done that a lot earlier.

Anyone that has a windows 8.1 PC piece of junk should definitely upgrade immediately and you'll find you have a new computer that actually makes sense.

Hi Guys

As I said, I am mainly a Mac user and the Windows computers that I have are purely for OziExplorer only.

I know 2 people that did the upgrade to Windows 10, and then were not able to use their computers, as they had seemed to have lost a lot of information, and both have sent them to IT experts to see if the lost date could be found.

I will not get into the debate of Windows V Mac, but Bigfish said he paid $300 for the pro upgrade...yet another way of Mr Gates making more money. Did you know that regardless what Mac version you are using, any software or operating system upgrade will cost you......$0.00. Yes that right totally free.



Cheers


Stephen

Stephen no doubt Macs have advantages. If it wasn't for mapping, programming and some car related programs I would consider one.

The unfortunate reality is that quite a few great programs just don't support apple, hence this thread I guess.

Like most things, the truth of a matter is in the detail..

Sure Apple have gone from paid to free upgrades ( in 2012??),. But so has Microsoft now. Same same.

Also imho, while Apple may offer free upgrades, there is about a $400 - 1000 premium for an Mac based PC over a Windows PC with the same power, capacity etc, so you do pay good money for the operating system, just up front. ( and they are generally nicer package.)

Microsoft do charge extra for enterprise features ( eg win 10 pro) over home. But Mac OS doesn't even have any of these enterprise features, hence they aren't widely deployed and managed in large corporates. Apple just don't offer an enterprise class product and no home user or small business could even begin to need these complex features. It is a completely different product for a different market.

A home user buying Pro is like a city carpenter buying a 4wd ute instead of a 2wd one even though he will never go out of town. A set of features he will never use.

Yep, have'nt had a single problem with Win 10. Very easy conversion but then again I did'nt have any problems with 8.1 either.

Regards

Hi Boobook,

We all know that we all have different views on anything, and computers are no different. As for a cost factor, I know that Mac will be dearer, but what a lot of Windows user are not aware of, that straight out of the box you have everything at your fingertips to get word processing, publishing, etc, compared again to Mr Gates and you have to go out and buy those most basic programmes, with the price tags for the programmes well over $300.

I know a friend that had a Windows XP running office 2003. He told me that when he purchased a new Windows 8, the office 2003 was not recognised and then had to shell out quite a few hundred dollars to get the lates office version that would work on his new Toshiba.

as we all say each to their own and if you are happy with what you are using, that is the most important thing.



Cheers




Stephen

Actually I couldn't help thinking this myself. The easiest way to stop the nag is to update to Win 10. I've done it on my own PCs and I haven't had an issue - and I was one of the early adopters. My computers are more stable and faster after the upgrade. I can't understand what all the fuss is over. I know a few people had problems but I think in the overall scheme of things this was in reality fairly rare. My PCs on Win 10 run Visual Studio and the Adobe Master Collection without any issues.

I also love the Mac versus PC debate. As an owner of both they each have there strengths and weaknesses. I was considering converting totally to a Mac running FusionWare to emulate the Windows environment but because of the nature of my computer work I've decided to keep the two environments separate. But to be honest there was no technical reason to stop this, just a personal preference.

My experience is don't be afraid to update to Win 10. Geoff

I too am a Mac user, and I also use a PC for my Video production.

I recently relented an upgraded from 10.6.8 to El kapitan, and immediately lost access to two of my programs that no longer are supported by the later operating system .... there goes that argument.

I purchased Final Cut Pro Studio for $1400 when buying my first MacBook, and a few months later they introduced FCPX for a fraction of the price, and dropped all support for what had been the industry standard program. The Mac hardware is superior to anything that has been produced by a PC company, but Programs DO crash.

I took a while to install W7 on my PC, waited til the bugs had been sorted, and found it brilliant. I also bootcamped my MacBook to save carrying two computers on the road. The new PC laptop came with W10, and I have to admit, that it works well.

I also have a computer that keeps reminding me that it wants to update, and I figure that most of the bugs have been ironed out, so just might do it.

Just my two bobs worth on the Mac vs PC thing. Apple are not the good fellas they want you to believe they are. Their only intent is to lock you into their system with no escape. Microsoft supply and support a myriad of manufacturers - including Apple. Apple lock you into THEIR hardware with THEIR software.

cheers
Laurie

Motherhen

That's a different issue, Microsoft aren't upgrading XP to Windows 10 for free, and XP won't bug you to upgrade.

I have a few programs that were designed for XP, two will run in XP mode in windows 10, however one won't. Sometimes there are compatibility issues and good reasons, like yours, to stick with XP.

Programs designed for windows 7 and 8 are a different story however, and will run on windows 10 without issue.

I agree that if there are compatibility issues with software then that alone is an argument to stick with Win XP. I know of some situations in industry where there is high risk software that will only run on XP. I do question, given the known security vulnerabilities with XP, the risks associated with sticking with it as Win XP went out of support April 2014. I think anybody still using XP needs to be thinking about a transition plan. But everybody will have there own risk profile and what they are comfortable with.

Yes it is a different issue Boobook. Just drawing a parallel of the non Microsoft software needs of different people. I had someone set up an "XP Box" programme on the Windows 7 computer, but I never got my programmes working with it.

Usually only happens on machines that were really too old or had inadequate hardware and owners knew better and thats the result.

One of my old desktops threw up inadequate hardware messages so I didnt bother any further