Windows 10: Remove Get Windows 10 Icon from Taskbar in Windows 7 and 8.1

I've already uses the reg mod as well as manually adding in the new reg key and DWord32 value set for 1. The removal of the KB3035583 update was simply to remove the 10 app since that is no longer needed. I don't think I really need a dual boot of 10 Pro with 10 Pro on two separate systems! *Roflmao2 Quadraphonic 10?

Sorry if I don't get burning red since often people are advised to change the settings when a particular upgrade causes problems from either let me choose when or never with the previous versions. That prevented issues caused by an update that clashed with something else. In this case 10 would be clashing as the unwanted upgrade over something you want to keep running.

I don't who thought this one up! But it could well end up back firing in MS's face by seeing a negative reaction to how they are supposedly intentionally or unintentionally imposing 10 on people by how 10 is delivered. I've had friends here who wouldn't even look at 7 when that was new and kept on running XP before one couple got into a pair of 8.1 laptops! The friend's better half previously had a Vista laptop I salvaged a few times from hard drives crashing and malwares. (Little fingers borrowing it not knowing better!)

That old Antec 900-1 case I set up for a friend with a couple of spares drives saw 7 Pro go on and never used I mentioned I could easily upgrade to 10 as well as see a dual boot set up there too. He still wants to run 7 by itself however while I explained he could end up running both. This automatic upgrade stuff however...??? is kind of a real shame since 10 is turning out to be a good version to work with! *Sad

 

Thank you, Shawn. I just got home from shooting pool. We won and did a little celebrating. I'll perform this all tomorrow with confidence this will work. *Smile

 

Glad you guys won. *Party

 

A heads-up: at the beginning of Oct 2015, Microsoft re-issued KB3035583, the update that installs the gwx updater, for 8.1 (Oct 1) and 7 SP1 (Oct 5) — details — not as an optional update but with a severity rating of important. I suppose that's one way to driving adoption of your most recent OS, now standing at 110 million..

If you suddenly see the gwx icon in your system tray again, enter the following at an administrator command line prompt:

wusa /kb:3035583 /uninstall /norestart

 

Thank you, beglitched, for sharing this info along with instructions! Yes, MS is definitely "persistent" to say the least.

I'm sure Brink is aware of this to add to the tutorial if not already.

Welcome to the forum, BTW. *Thumbs

 

Yep, it's in the info box at the top of the tutorial. *Smile

 

Always on the ball! *Thumbs

Thank you, Shawn. *Smile

Missed that somehow, so not as much on the ball. I'd better sharpen up, for we play tonight!

 

& it's not providing the GWX balloon this time. Upgrade to Windows 10 just appears as an update. In fact twice in the past two days:

 

Thanks for the info, dogpark. If not providing the GWX balloon, would you how would one would start the process if desired?

I see you’re on your hidden updates screen. Does “twice in the past two days” mean one came each day consecutively?

I like your sig, BTW. He was a great man, bless his soul. *Smile

 

If you wanted to disable that, the tutorial below can help show you how to. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...s-7-8-1-a.html

 

So my bad. I ran the Disable "Get Windows 10" REG file download first time went thru this couple months back. So would that explain why it's going directly to WU?

Yes I hid the first (larger one) @ 2847.8 MB yesterday & the smaller one this morning.

Just love his brainy quotes.

 

I will Enable_Get_Windows_10 & see if the GWX Icon appears.

thanks

Edit:

Well I certainly made that sound dumb. My thinking was to get the GWX Icon to reappear then hide it again. Won't matter tho since Windows 10 already made it's way to WU.

 

Nar, the GWX icon no longer matters now since you have the update in Windows Update.

 

Yep, I realized what a dumb statement I made just after posting & edited my response above.
*Doh

 

LOL, no problem. *Smile