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Microsoft To Make Saying No To Windows 10 Update Easier (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the day-late-and-a-dollar-short dept.

Less than a week after a California-based woman won $10,000 lawsuit against Microsoft over Windows 10 upgrades, the Redmond-based company has announced it will make it easier for users to say no to Windows 10 updates. The company plans to change the Windows 10 update prompt to make it clearer and easier for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users to schedule or reject upgrading to Windows 10. ZDNet reports:Microsoft officials said late on June 27 that the new update experience -- with clearer "upgrade now, schedule a time, or decline the free offer" -- will start rolling out this week. Microsoft also will revert to making clicking on the Red X at the corner of the Windows 10 update box dismiss the update, rather than initiate it, as it has done for the past several weeks. Microsoft officials said they are making the change "in response to customer feedback."

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  1. Timing by dan_waggoner · · Score: 4, Informative

    They could have done this months ago and not taken a single bit of negative PR.

  2. How to fix for good: by DogDude · · Score: 4, Informative


    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx] "DisableGwx"=dword:00000001

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001

    Although granted, one shouldn't have to do this...

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  3. Simple fix. No 3rd party required. by jdagius · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are two Boolean flag vars in the Registry which turn off the automatic update and free-offer notifications. Using the builtin registry editor ("regedit") drill down to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows] and look for key entries 'WindowsUpdate' and 'GWX'. If they're not present then use the editor to create new key names WindowsUpdate and GWX in the Windows key list.

    Then to disable auto-update add a dword named DisableOSUpgrade under WindowsUpdate and set it to 1 (true)
    "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001

    To disable the freeWin10 upgrade offer notification add a dword named DisableGWX under GWX and set it to 1 (true)
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX]
    "DisableGWX"=dword:00000001

    That's it. Now you can turn the automatic Windows-update back and not worry about Win10 being installed. Also you won't be nagged about the free Win10 offer.

  4. Re:Too little too late by thegarbz · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's only another month of the "free" "upgrade", so who's left to take it?

    I'll bet you a marsbar that the free offer extends beyond the coming month.