08-04-2016, 08:26 PM
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?
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?