{"id":2202,"date":"2016-03-15T20:20:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T03:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2016-10-26T01:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T08:00:31","slug":"windows-prompting-users-to-register-for-free-upgrade-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/windows-prompting-users-to-register-for-free-upgrade-to-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft prompting users to get free upgrade to Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated 4-20-16 to update information on how to back-out of forced installation, how to rollback and how to stop the Windows 10 Update prompt.<\/em><\/p>\n

Microsoft’s Windows 10 became available on July 29, 2015, and computer users have been seeing upgrade prompts ever since. If your computer has\u00a0Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you may have noticed a new icon has appeared on the right-hand side of your taskbar. The icon is Microsoft’s notification that invites users\u00a0to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Clicking the small\u00a0Windows logo prompts users to initiate the download, then receive a notification when the operating system upgrade is ready to be installed. However\u00a0just because it’s free doesn’t mean that you should install\u00a0the upgrade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If your computer has Windows 7 – we recommend that you DO NOT\u00a0install Windows 10 and stay with Windows 7<\/strong> until the year 2020 when support for\u00a0Windows\u00a07 is currently scheduled to be discontinued, then upgrade to the latest operating system or purchase a new computer at that time. Windows 10 is dramatically different, some programs and devices may not work with Windows 10, and there’s no compelling reason to upgrade. If you have Windows 8\/8.1, if or when you decide to update make sure your data is backed up and proceed with caution – or have Computer Techs install the upgrade for you.<\/strong>\u00a0Be aware that operating system upgrades can be problematic and several previous Windows features have been\u00a0stripped from Windows 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tip:<\/strong> If you’re tired of Microsoft nagging you to upgrade to Windows 10 there’s 2 handy programs that will disable the Windows 10 icon and prompts. Simply download and run Never 10<\/strong> from this web site<\/a>. Alternatively you can download and run the “standalone executable” GWX Control Panel<\/strong> found at this web site<\/a>. If you need help with downloading, running or configuring the program – <\/span>co<\/span>ntact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re curious about what Windows 10 has to offer, see\u00a0Windows 10: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s PC, smartphone and tablet OS<\/a>\u00a0and Microsoft: Get Started with Windows 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3-15-16: Microsoft has become more aggressive about forcing the installation of Windows 10 with a Window similar to the one pictured below that offers to install Windows 10 now or later with no obvious method to back-out or close the Window.<\/p>\n

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If you don’t want Windows 10 (again we don’t recommended it if you have Windows 7), choose “Start the upgrade now”, then click “Decline”<\/strong> when presented with a EULA window similar to the one pictured below.<\/p>\n

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If you’ve already installed Windows 10, you have up to 30 days to roll back to your previous version of Windows. For detailed instructions see this article<\/a>, or contact Computer Techs<\/a> and we’ll do it for you.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, follow the advice in the “Tip” above to download and run Never 10 or GWX Control Panel to prevent future upgrade attempts.<\/p>\n\"Print<\/a> Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updated 4-20-16 to update information on how to back-out of forced installation, how to rollback and how to stop the Windows 10 Update prompt. Microsoft’s Windows 10 became available on July 29, 2015, and computer users have been seeing upgrade prompts ever since. If your computer has\u00a0Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you may have noticed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2326,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions\/2326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}