Another vote for GWX control panel. It allows you to stop the nagging
without stopping the other automatic updates, which might be needed
security patches. As a bonus, Windows now starts significantly faster
on my PC.
You may find a hidden folder in the root of your system drive:
C:\$Windows.~BT You can only see this if you've configured Explorer to
show hidden files and folders. This folder is for all the windows 10
upgrade files. If the folder has only a few Megabytes in it, no big
deal. But many people, me included, are finding that it contains about
6 Gigabytes, which means that MS has kindly downloaded the entire Win10
package, and is just waiting for the word from you to upgrade. I did
not ask them to do this. But they did it anyway. I was wondering why I
had used up more than twice as much disk space this year as last.
Evidently MS' desire to "create a better user experience" overrides my
wishes.
I may very well upgrade eventually. But not now, when a couple of my
principal applications have significant issues. Plus, it appears that
Win10 is MS' platform that will eventually enforce its "perpetual rent
payments" model for its software (cf. Adobe). And to spy on your habits
just like Google and the mobile phone apps do now.
Increasingly, it's not your computer any more. It's their computer.
They let you use it, but only if you give up all pretense to it being
your computer, and let them do anything they want with it. And to you.
--Peter
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Chuck Norcutt sez:
> I downloaded and installed the GWX Control Panel
<http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html>
and can attest that it's simplicity to use, stops the nagging and is
completely reversible should you feel the need to be nagged.
>
> Watch the YouTube tutorial. Better than reading the page above.
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pcmDTDRGgA&feature=youtu.be>
>
> Incidentally, when Win 10 is downloaded on your system it can be
found in C:\Windows\System32\GWX (GWX means Get Windows 10). I
discovered a detailed directory structure and some files there but the
entire thing was only taking up 32MB. Obviously the code hasn't been
downloaded there yet.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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