How to avoid Windows 10!

I actually like Windows 10, however, due to the number of calls I have recieved lately, many of you do not.  Most have installed it after seeing the little balloon from Microsoft telling you about it.  For those of you who have regretted it, there is a way out.  If the Get Windows 10 icon has become either an annoyance or a serious problem, you can easily remove it with Ultimate Outsider’s free and portable GWX Control Panel. You download this program as a single EXE file.

Once it’s up, you might want to look at some of the information on the top part of the program. For instance, I discovered that I had apparently “enabled” both the Get Windows 10 app and the upgrades. I had not.

Click two of the buttons near the bottom, Disable ‘Get Windows 10’ App (permanently remove icon) and Disable Operating System Upgrades in Windows Update.

That’s it—unless the upgrade has already started and you’re stuck with the problem I had. If Windows Update is trying and failing to install Windows 10, run Microsoft’s Windows Update Troubleshooter after you haverun GWX.

Launch and run the wizard. The choices are pretty obvious. In my case, I got a disheartening error that one update problem could not be fixed.

But, when I next booted, the update Shut Down button was no longer there. Since then, Windows 7 updates have happened as they should.