Posted on 01/11/2016 7:02:41 PM PST by Utilizer
It is much more complicated than that. 30 seconds with google shows this to be true.
Does anyone really think that MS would allow the simple case of not installing ONE KB to avoid nag and upgrade Hell?
I rarely use either but love that my Linux box shuts down in about 4 seconds - given that the Doze boxen are closed prior.
Take a look at Distrowatch.com. They regularly review over 100 Linux distributions and link to them. Something there for everyone. I dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint on my computers. I spend 99% of my computing time in Linux.
H1-B Bastards!
:-)
Darth Balmer....
I uninstalled KB3035583, ran windows update and found KB3035583 again ready to install, unchecked it and hid it and haven’t got a pop up since.
I've never seen "Get Windows 10" Ever.
Amazing, isn't it. I DL'd the first batch of updates after getting this machine two years ago and none since. If there was any "critical" security stuff I missed since then, it did not matter to me. I think MS pushes a lot of useless update crap.
Balmer?
That was a while ago.
Nice when a turd licking buffoon can quit and the market reacts by rewarding you with nearly a billion dollars.
Ping appreciated and acknowledged... but I think I'll wait and see if the thread manages to bring in a new piece of anti-nag info that hasn't been posted and list-pinged yet.
I've been admonished to not post and/or ping quite so many anti-Windows / anti-Microsoft threads, since the Windows ping list has a lot of folks who use Windows and rather like it, as well as those who don't. So I'm trying to strike a balance, and when I've already pinged the list to a lot of threads on a given topic (like the nagging), I'll back off unless a new thread brings up additional new info about the topic.
So let's see how this one develops... Thanks! :-)
His bad karma/deeds have a long time constant for extinguishment @ M$.
Do you just pull this stuff out of somewhere or make it up on the fly? This Dell desktop came with 7 64 bit Pro and certainly never has had a popup. It does requite turning off updates and ignoring flags about that, but installing 7 your self would need the same.
You have to take control of the machine, which is why many of us prefer this OS vs. the other team which prefers being controlled and having it all done for you.
My current problem with Windows is getting a decent video driver in a VirtualBox for Win 3.11. In 1992 I bought a system that ran at 1024x768 in 24bit color and want the same in the VM.
No worries.
Cheers!
Is your computer personal or not?
Never had a popup? I am currently in possession of a rebuilt win7 laptop that I am getting ready to completely convert to Mepis Linux. Even though it came from a reputable Certified Microsoft Refurbisher, the first thing it did when I ran it was to inform The User that the machine needed to be Certified by Microsoft or the machine would cease operating win7 in thirty days.
It continued to repeat that until the 30 day limit was past, then would boot only to a shell that stated that it had not been Certified and just hung there.
I then wiped the drive, installed win7 again after shrinking the first partition and made a backup copy of the new install. Now, when I need to run something under win7 I first copy the backup to overwrite the ‘doze partition and it runs after reboot with a 30-day notice while I click off the warning and run what I need to until I have finished whatever task needed doing on it.
It shipped that way here, and has all the stickers and valid P/N, S/N, and AuthCode stickers. Microsoft does not need to know anything about what is on the machine, what other software I have installed, or who I am or how to contact anyone.
Nagware from the get-go.
Love Distrowatch. I often download linux distros they list to play with the latest versions, or just distros that look interesting to see what they can do.
Running Linux Mint KDE on this machine at the moment, but am switching back to Mepis soon to work in a multi-machine environment. Unless one of the newer distro versions turns out to work just as well. Something relatively fast with light memory requirements, not something that is sluggish and needs 4G or more simply to run.
From the article:
Yesterday, my old friend and erstwhile co-author Ed Bott ran an article on ZDNet that explains how to change two different registry entries — AllowOSUpgrade and DisableGWX — to “block Windows 10 upgrades on your business network (and at home, too).”
Both approaches temporarily block the immediate threat of “Get Windows 10” by removing the GWX icon in the Win7 and Win8.1 system tray and by derailing some of the Windows 10 update programs that are currently installed. Neither approach, however, will remove background tasks that bring GWX back, reclaim the 3GB to 6GB of hidden installation files Microsoft may have surreptitiously stored in the $Windows.~BT folder, nor will they keep your system protected if future Microsoft-initiated GWX attacks similar to the old ones occur again.
I’m running Win7 and I have not yet received any nagware to upgrade to 10 or have seen any updates related to 10. Don’t know how I accomplished that.
The solution to Windows 10 nagware? Install Windows Vista. ;-)
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