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Updating Windows 7
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Trinidad's post above is correct. Turning off Windows update is a bad, bad idea. Oddly there is a solution to stop Windows 7 becoming Windows 10 suggested by Microsoft themselves. It involves 2 very simple registry edits.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
You’ll probably have to create the 'WindowsUpdate' key on the left-hand side, which you can do by right-clicking the Windows node. Click on that new key, and then create a new 32-bit DWORD called 'DisableOSUpgrade' on the right-hand side, right click that & give it a value of 1.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx\DisableGwx
If 'Gwx' doesn't exist, create it. Then create a 32bit DWORD 'DisableGwx', right click that & give it a value of '1'.

(http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-get-w...m-taskbar/) Scroll down to 'Method 3'.

For some strange reason Microsoft only mentioned this a few months back. It's the same with the (unofficial) Windows 7 Service Pack 2. (But don't call it that). Most updates for Windows 7 are now monthly roll-up's. I updated my Windows 10 to the Anniversary update. I found it uninspiring. Once I uninstalled all the app's I'll never use, and put back all the app's I do. I had the exact same OS I had before the Anniversary update. Once I did all the upgrades I went right back to my Linux computer that I use every day. Was this trip really necessary?
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Updating Windows 7 - by Jocklad - 08-04-2016, 12:03 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by torreydale - 08-04-2016, 12:37 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by Wirezfree - 08-04-2016, 12:38 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by Jocklad - 08-04-2016, 12:43 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by trinidad - 08-04-2016, 01:15 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by trinidad - 08-04-2016, 01:20 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by Wirezfree - 08-04-2016, 01:26 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by trinidad - 08-04-2016, 01:41 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by merlin - 08-04-2016, 04:41 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by trinidad - 08-04-2016, 08:08 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by Ottawagrant - 08-04-2016, 08:26 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by trinidad - 08-04-2016, 10:40 PM
Re: Updating Windows 7 - by paul1149 - 08-05-2016, 04:18 AM

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