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How to Block Windows 10 Upgrade

How to Block Windows 10 Upgrade




Windows 10 is coming, and don’t you know it!? If it isn’t in your email inbox (thanks Microsoft), in your news feed, a reminder on Twitter and Facebook or on the news, it’s there, on your desktop. Microsoft’s popup reminder about Windows 10 is an aggressive marketing campaign that has the signs of a malware infection, and while the get Windows 10 message is not a virus it is certainly annoying. So much so that it inspired one developer to release a tool to remove Windows 10 upgrade notifications.


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I Don't Want Windows 10



I Don’t Want Windows 10 is a free application released by a member of MSFN forum to get rid of Windows 10 upgrade notification from your Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 PC.

Although the tool does nothing but uninstalls the update responsible for the upgrade notification, many users who can’t uninstall the update can use this tool. I Don’t Want Windows 10 supports Windows 7 as well as Windows 8.1, both x86 and x64.

Head over to the link mentioned at the end of this article to download I Don’t Want Windows 10 tool. Those of you on Windows 8.1, the smart screen filter might suggest you against running this tool. You can simply ignore the warning and run this tool as the tool is safe.


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It’s pretty great that you can get Windows 10 for free if you want it. If you don’t—or if you simply want to download it on your own terms—however, bad news: Microsoft is downloading it anyway. Here’s how to block it.

For the Windows 10 update, Microsoft has chosen to automatically start the download process, regardless of whether you’ve confirmed you want the update. This makes some sense for those who use automatic updates normally, except Windows 10 can be huge. As in multiple gigabytes huge. If you have a capped data connection, or simply don’t want to bother downloading it right now, Ghacks has laid out some steps for blocking the updates:

    Search for “Programs and features” in the Start Menu.
    Select “view installed updates” on the left side of the window.
    Windows 7: locate the following updates: 3035583, 2952664, 3021917
    Windows 8: locate the following updates: 3035583, 2976978
    Right-click each update select uninstall.
    Select Restart Later when the prompt appears.
    Restart when you’ve finished these steps for each update.

Once you’ve finished this process, you’ll need to block the updates from being installed again. To do that, follow these steps:

    Search for Windows Update in the Start Menu.
    Choose “check for updates.” Windows should find the same updates from above.
    Click on “important update is available.”
    Right-click each of the updates above and select “Hide update.”

This should prevent your computer from downloading those updates again in the future. Keep in mind that if you want to upgrade to Windows 10 later, you’ll need to unblock these updates. However, this should help prevent Microsoft from downloading several gigabytes of data to your machine when you’re not ready for it.


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