However, Microsoft has been getting more aggressive in pushing the new version of Windows and at times upgrading PCs without permission. We previously showed you how to get rid of the annoying Windows 10 upgrade notification. You can learn more from the Never 10 web site.Get Windows 10 app (GWX) in Windows 7 Notification Area

But I’m restoring my mother’s Windows 7 laptop today, so I’ll take a look at that later, and configure her PC to not accept the upgrade requests. I don’t have a Windows 7/8.1 system handy at the moment, so I’ve not been able to test Never 10 yet. Quickly and simply performs the required system editing at your prompt, so you never need to worry about that pesky advertisement again. So you just run it, and it doesn’t install anything on your PC. Like most of Gibson’s offerings, Never 10 is an executable. These are of course the two Windows versions that are seeing the Get Windows 10 advertisement and, more chillingly, are sometimes (apparently) being upgraded without user consent.ĭoes not install any software. You can also later run it again to re-enable this capability if you change your mind. Gibson is a known good source of high quality and trusted software, you should at least know about this option too.ĭisables the automatic upgrade to Windows 10. Gibson’s Never 10 is free, and it follows a similar tool, called GWX Control Panel, which also seeks to perform the same magic. Thanks to Michael, who tipped me off about this utility via email –Paul Called Never 10, it gives control back to the user. The inestimable Steve Gibson has chimed in with his own utility for preventing your Windows 7/8.x-based PC from ever upgrading to Windows 10 without your consent.

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