How to stop windows 10 upgrade

[AussieBear]

How do I stop windows 10 upgrade

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[AussieBear]

i went ahead with the windows 7 update this time and even though it said downloading windows 10, it didnt download. Perhaps it was given some sort of priority and would try to continue to download since it did actually start to at one point. Since i do updates manually i just went back again unchecked it and hid it and like i said it actually didnt download, though the screen had downloading win 10 on it...... it then moved on to my win 7 updates.

I do notice the trustedinstaller.exe is at a higher pc% in the task manager. i think its just sitting there with win 10 upgrade commands or something. to be honest i never really noticed trustedinstaller.exe unless i was doing an update but now it just starts by default it seems. maybe its always on idk???

 

[Crystallas]

You can set your updates to download but not install or notify but not download, and you choose which ones to update. For people like you, and knowing how sneaky MS is, this will be the prime method.

As far as trusted installer, check your msconfig

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

You'd be looking for Windows Module Installer in msconfig

Or another way to stop it from starting until you manually check for updates:

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > right click Windows Module Installer > Properties > under General tab change Startup Type to Manual > Apply

 

[AussieBear]

You'd be looking for Windows Module Installer in msconfig

Or another way to stop it from starting until you manually check for updates:

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > right click Windows Module Installer > Properties > under General tab change Startup Type to Manual > Apply

it is set to manual thats what was throwing me for a loop. once i let it run its process to at least try and download again it hasnt tried to download anymore.

 

[AussieBear]

You can set your updates to download but not install or notify but not download, and you choose which ones to update. For people like you, and knowing how sneaky MS is, this will be the prime method.

As far as trusted installer, check your msconfig

yeah i went through msconfig and its not loading anymore. being downunder on a slow arse connection with a data plan i didnt want to download the gigs of something i didnt want. the internet spped here is bad, well its improved in a lot of areas as they roll out a new national network but it isnt in our area yet. adsl2 is all my zip code has at the moment.. i get 16 mbps download speeds on a good day folks.. its really sad. my data is capped at 100gb a month too

 

[xer0h0ur]

I probably shouldn't have opted to reserve Windows 10 on my Win7 installation either. Oh well, just waiting on my new SSD before I install Win10. Ain't a chance in hell I am losing Win7 stability while Win10's bugs and drivers get sorted out.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

yeah i went through msconfig and its not loading anymore. being downunder on a slow arse connection with a data plan i didnt want to download the gigs of something i didnt want. the internet spped here is bad, well its improved in a lot of areas as they roll out a new national network but it isnt in our area yet. adsl2 is all my zip code has at the moment.. i get 16 mbps download speeds on a good day folks.. its really sad. my data is capped at 100gb a month too

Holy crap. Do you live in a really rural area or does Internet just suck in New Zealand?

 

[xer0h0ur]

Holy crap. Do you live in a really rural area or does Internet just suck in New Zealand?

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

I just read an article that not only does 10 do a lot of spying by default, but also set as default is their new P2P method of providing updates where you are using upload bandwidth to help provide others in getting updates.

And it is possible it will eventually become a subscription service.

And you will have no control over updates.

Time to make the switch completely to Linux for me.

 

[xer0h0ur]

You're going to see a lot of people fight off Windows 10 if it does eventually become a subscription service which is the direction they are trying to head towards. People like me would just go back to Windows 7. As for all the spying, pay attention to the OS settings at set up. Don't do the express settings or else you are enabling all that shit. The P2P update thing can also be disabled.

Really, the only true incentive to go to Windows 10 is DirectX 12 for gamers. So other than gamers, they will have droves of people leave Windows 10 if they turn it into a subscription service. They will again learn a lesson that has been repeated many times over. You can't force people. Humanity resists change by default.

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

You're going to see a lot of people fight off Windows 10 if it does eventually become a subscription service which is the direction they are trying to head towards. People like me would just go back to Windows 7. As for all the spying, pay attention to the OS settings at set up. Don't do the express settings or else you are enabling all that shit. The P2P update thing can also be disabled.

Really, the only true incentive to go to Windows 10 is DirectX 12 for gamers. So other than gamers, they will have droves of people leave Windows 10 if they turn it into a subscription service. They will again learn a lesson that has been repeated many times over. You can't force people. Humanity resists change by default.

I hope you're right, but I'm not so sure. We have become pretty complacent and accepting of a lot of bullshit in recent years, and I feel people just can't be bothered anymore to insist that companies, or whatever entity you wish, do the right thing.

And yes, this stuff can be turned off, but that isn't the point.

Even the way they are installing GWI as an important update gives one the feeling of foistware.

 

[xer0h0ur]

Let me put it this way. Just look at how many people are still using Windows XP:

MS is facing an uphill battle to get people to leave Windows 7. Its going to be worse than Windows XP.

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

It will be interesting to see how it plays out. This new way of doing things may be more successful than past OS upgrades. People like the concept of free, and they are making it easy, in a way.

10 years ago the outrage online over tactics like these would be intense.

 

[botfly10]

I think microsoft figured out that they make almost all of their money in the consumer market from people buying new PCs rather than from going out and buying a new OS on disk, upgrade or not.

And since apple as a company has devolved to the point where all they really offer the consumer is an OS ecosystem, it makes sense that windows would adopt their model. Since microsoft will still sell almost just as many copies as people will always be upgrading their PCs.

 

[xer0h0ur]

I literally forgot just how much of a pain in the ass it is to do a fresh Windows 7 install. Since I got the 1TB 850 Pro in yesterday I spent fucking hours last night doing a fresh install on the ***** to get to the point of Windows Update offering me a Windows 10 reservation. I think it was somewhere in the order of 240 Windows updates after installing Win7 SP1. Then all the damn drivers and peripheral software yada yada yada. Just waiting on Windows Update to prompt me that its ready to install W10.

Once that shit is installed and the activation is tied to my Microsoft account then I get the privilege of formatting and doing a clean install of W10. Happy happy joy joy.

 

[Crystallas]

Let me put it this way. Just look at how many people are still using Windows XP:

MS is facing an uphill battle to get people to leave Windows 7. Its going to be worse than Windows XP.

I'm guessing this only counts home desktop/laptop users(smallest segment of computing with disk loading operating systems)? Or based on the government data of the browser/OS tracking statistics based on visiting their sites that require internet explorer? Missing the biggest segments of the market, which IMO would be an accurate portrayal of market share(ie: ~100% of all systems, and not cut this or that group). Anyways, not to pick on you, but these graphs are seriously laughable when published as the whole market.

 

[xer0h0ur]

I am fairly certain that is only showing the consumer market but I don't have exact details on it. I would much rather see raw numbers than percentages.

 

[Crystallas]

It's just kind of funny that the vast majority of game servers, near monopoly on web servers, majority of business machines, a near monopoly of supercomputers, the majority of mobile phones, tablets, netbooks, every other console(basically not XB1), Smart TVs, and a smaller share of desktop/laptops in consumerspace are not using windows as the primary OS.

I saw some statistic about games on linux being only 0.5% market-share for steam. Then you look at how the numbers are tracked, well... herpy durp, if it's a gametree/cadera/wine/crossover package being run on linux ormacos, then it's going to register usage as whatever windows version. And the thing is, with how wine works, the software/games have native execution on linux or mac, which is why wine is not an emulator or the games are not a port. They just use wine to launch the executable, and all wine does, is keep the windows file structure and library list in tact to make the game cross platform.

So yeah, I do not trust these numbers whatsoever.

 

[Ares]

Is it just me or does it feel like Microsoft is trying to make Windows like Call of Duty.... release a new version as often as possible and ask everyone to switch... that will never work with business IT.... it takes a long ass process to switch a company of 3-4k people with 3-4k laptops to a new OS while ensuring it all goes smoothly and everything works ok after the change.

I want a stable OS I can use for 4-6 years.... and if people like Windows 7, why not sell it to them for a while longer rather than rushing out Windows 8 and having to deal with the shitstorm of problems. An OS should not be produced and sold like a video game.