Thanks Microsoft.
Posted on 10/26/2015 5:01:52 AM PDT by blam
Julie Bort
October 26, 2015
If you're running Windows 7 on a machine capable of using Windows 10, chances are you getting swamped with ads from Microsoft telling you to upgrade.
Last month, Microsoft said it accidentally tried to make Windows 7 and 8 machines automatically upgrade to Windows 10 and said it fixed its mistake.
But some people on Twitter are complaining that even from Microsoft's latest upgrade this month, they are being plagued by nagging upgrade notices that take over their whole screen with no obvious way to turn them off.
If you like your Windows 7 PC the way it is and don't want to upgrade, that doesn't make Microsoft's nagging go away.
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I have no plans to switch to Windows 10 though....I've read that it's a huge spy effort.
I’ve got the uninvited nagging on my Windows 8 machine.
ping
Soon and soon.
Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs
"The updates in question are KB3068708, KB3022345, KB3075249, and KB3080149, and you can find their full description in the box after the jump."
"Basically, once you install any or all these updates, Microsoft can start data collection from your Windows 7 or 8.1 computer in the same way it does on Windows 10."
I've managed to uninstall these four updates and then turned off 'automatic updates'. They will keep trying to re-install if you don't turn off automatic up date.
BLF
Tell me about it. I made the mistake of switching and didn’t like having to relearn how to operate my laptop. I paid to have all that Windows 10 stuff ripped out or uninstalled the very next day. Leave me alone, is never an option with Windows.
Great idea. That way you can avoid getting patches for any security vulnerabilities, and give your data to some hacker rather than Microsoft.
I upgraded my wife’s laptop to Windows 10 and it is 1000% better than the Windows 8 that was there.
I tried Windows 10 on my Windows 7 desktop and since there was no driver support for my SATA RAID card or my HP printer, I switched back. I am still plagued by Microsoft’s ridiculous upgrade notices, even though my older machine isn’t compatible. Microsoft also loads my hard drive up with several gigabytes of Windows 10 stuff.
I’m going to have to start calling Microsoft the ‘N’ word - naggers!
Do yourself a favor.
http://greatis.com/blog/what-is-gwx-gwx-exe
Download and run it. No more nagging.
Their main tool, UnHackMe is great too, just better know what you are doing if you use it. This one is idiot proof and eliminates the windows 10 nagware.
neither do I.i feel the same way about it. I have a nagging suspicion that there are a lot of hidden treasures Gates had his developers put in it fo help his buddy, BHO. A keylogger that transmits the data back to Microsoft's servers tied to your machine's unique ID and your registration information would not surprise me one bit.
Find KB3035583, and uninstall it. It has the Win-10 set-up files. The Win-10 nag screen disappeared after I got rid of it, and when it tried to come back, r-click and “hid” it.
Tech stories when it comes to MS always take one mundane issue and amps it up to such a cartoonish level, that it ceases to resemble reality and just becomes a parody.
My windows 7 machine at work gets this message once every other week. I click the x and go on with my life.
If this is driving you insane, then you need to seek some professional help.
If you seriously had to relearn how to use windows with win 10, then you never knew what you were doing in the first place.
The fact that you supposedly paid someone to “rip it out”, isn’t a mark on MS, its the testament that lazy people have money to toss.
It blows my mind that FR is so populated with people this technologically inept. No wonder the left owns the internet.
bfl
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