Windows 10: Stopping the 'Blue Screen' from 'popping up' for Win 10 'invasion'!

'Rumoured', not 'promised'. If/when the 'April' version does get released my first step will be to use the MCT to make ISO/USB install media. The download using the MCT is usually reliably fast. Then it's burning the midnight oil for me *Smile

You on the other hand should relax and ignore it. Windows update will get round to offering it to you in due course, but probably not until many months from now.

You're welcome, glad to have helped.

 

Hi Folks,

OK,
So having

• 'Disabled' all the actions in Task Scheduler/Microsoft/Windows/UpdateOrchestrator
• And then
• 'Disabled' all the actions in Task Scheduler/Microsoft/Windows/Windows Update
• Next was to Delete the Programs that Microsoft 'secretly' installed on the C drive in either the Programs or Programs (x68) folder which I found using Settings/Control Panel and the Uninstall facility.
• I also checked 'services.msc' to confirm there that the 'Forced on me Update' in Windows Update was 'Disabled' and it was, but you cannot be too darn careful!

I still find I occasionally get this 'Blue Screen' comes up warning me of Dire Consequences if I don't get the 6GB of Critical Updates needed!!!

So how do I STOP/Block that from happening please?

Cheers

:)

 

Stopping the Win 10 update from popping up.

A lot of problems arise from setting Windows Update to automatically update. You may prefer to change this setting. Select Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Change Settings. Under Important Updates is a box showing the current setting. Click
on the Arrow down to the right and change the selection to “Check for Updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” and click on OK. Restart your computer.



Select Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Check for Updates. If optional updates are available click optional updates and make sure that the box before
Upgrade to Windows 10 is unchecked. Right click on Upgrade to Windows 10 and select
Hide this Update. Check the boxes before the remaining updates. Click on
Install and click again on Install in the next window and the process of installing starts. You should let the process proceed without interruption. Multi-tasking at the time updating is in progress is unwise. The progress
window will tell you what is going on. You need to be patient. Restart the computer when prompted to do so.



You may find that Upgrade to Windows 10 does not stay hidden. If that happens repeat the exercise as necessary

 

Stopping the Win 10 update from popping up.

What version of Windows is currently installed on your computer?

 

I'd like to see what are those "Secret programs" that MS secretly installed in you Program files ?
Another question, which exact build are you on ? It's possible that it's a discontinued build for which support is stopped. If it's still OEM installed windows, manufacturers tend to install bunch of programs they deem necessary, not seen in standard windows.

 

I have only one advice for you.

Upgrade Windows to latest version if it want's to do that and let it install all latest updates and from here on let Windows do it's own thing, or your computer soon end up in a state where nothing works anymore.


If you want something old that blocks all updates, return to Windows 7, but I don't recommend this because of security concerns.

 

If I had written down the '2 related Programs' I found via Control Panel that I didn't install and didn't come with the machine then I could tell you their names, however when I 'Uninstalled' one it also took out the other.

The OEM installed Windows actually came from HP with the machine from new.
Currently the version is 1607.

 

I am sorry but I have to still ask: "Why should I be forced to install something that I didn't ask for when I don't need a lot of the new 'features' that have been included?

My other point is that this update is so full of holes having read a lot of the 'complaints' that it is quite clear that it was shoved out to the market place in one hell of a state which seems to be typical of Microsoft.

A number of computer outlets are also advising to wait at least a YEAR before installing this 'package' due to the number of 'holes' in it.

While for the record I have a machine that is still running XP Pro.
It has not had any Updates for over 2 YEARS and is running as well as if not better and faster than Win10.

While Antivirus, Firewall and Malware is provided by OEM companies in whom I have more confidence and trust than Microsoft.

 

OK, it's your choice what you want to do.

 

If you want a release that is at least a year old you could use 1703.

I don't think anyone is forcing you to update but clearly they are going to "Nag" you.

MS, actually all vendors, can't provide infinite support on every OS.

First time something happens a run of the mill user would complain they didn't know. Guess you could say this is a CYA

 

I also have machine with XP and it has expired long time ago but that has nothing to do with W10. W10 is billed as a "Service" and it's updated every 6 month. It's in EULA from MS. Think of it as Service pack as it used to be called. My XP would be useless without XP3 and so would be my W7 without SP1 on this same machine.
Your 1607 is also out of date and many security features were introduced since. You should really update it.
All those advice you are talking about are just clap trap, every OS should be updated regularly. Security doesn't end up with antivirus and stuff like that but is deeply ingrained in the OS.

 

@Traveller11

Let me ask you a few things:

What is the main reason you do not want to upgrade?
What Windows version is currently nagging to make an upgrade?

 

v1607

 

Thank you Gentlemen here are my replies to all:

1. slicendice


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OK, it's your choice what you want to do. Thank you for realising that fact of life.
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Caledon Ken

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If you want a release that is at least a year old you could use 1703.
That release was it seems the start of the ‘Creators’ Update which is still causing headaches for a lot of users.
I don't think anyone is forcing you to update but clearly they are going to "Nag" you.

MS, actually all vendors, can't provide infinite support on every OS.
That’s why the Chrome Browser is no longer supported in various OS’s

First time something happens a run of the mill user would complain they didn't know. Guess you could say this is a CYA

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CountMike

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I also have machine with XP and it has expired long time ago but that has nothing to do with W10. W10 is billed as a "Service" and it's updated every 6 month. It's in EULA from MS. Think of it as Service pack as it used to be called. My XP would be useless without XP3 and so would be my W7 without SP1 on this same machine.
Your 1607 is also out of date and many security features were introduced since. You should really update it.
All those advice you are talking about are just clap trap, every OS should be updated regularly. Security doesn't end up with antivirus and stuff like that but is deeply ingrained in the OS.

So are you saying that XP Pro which also has SP3 installed on my machine, is not an OS?
Using 1607 has not presented any security issues over the last 12 months, and has not caused anything to stop working, except for this dam ‘Blue Screen’.

By the way the 2 files that Microsoft ‘installed’ unknown to me were self un-zipping files that subsequently installed the Folders and ‘Installation Assistant’ Software for the ‘Creators’ Update and Desktop Icon.

slicendice

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17 Hours Ago#9

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Let me ask you a few things:

What is the main reason you do not want to upgrade?
Firstly the number of people who are having persistent ‘problems’ and spending serious amounts of time trying to resolve them which they are finding is totally frustrating.
What Windows version is currently nagging to make an upgrade?
Version is defined below.
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Caledon Ken

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said:
the oem installed windows actually came from hp with the machine from new.
Currently the version is 1607.
v1607
OK being pedantic ‘v1607’

Now let me share with you an item presented by an Ex Microsoft Employee:

You may probably want to know why Windows 10 feels so buggy.
Here's a very nice quote:

Full Disclosure: I worked at M$ from 2014-2015.
MS has some very talented programmers. They're not very common, but they exist. The problem is that the entire company is completely and totally focused on developing an absurd number of new features and products, giving them completely unrealistic deadlines, and then shipping software on those deadlines no matter how half-assed or buggy it is.
The idea is that everything is serviceable over the internet now, so they can just "fix it later", except they never do. This perpetuates a duct-tape culture that refuses to actually fix problems and instead rewards teams that find ways to work around them. The talented programmers are stuck working on code that, at best, has to deal with multiple badly designed frameworks from other teams, or at worst work on code that is simply scrapped. New features are prioritized over all but the most system-critical bugs, and teams are never given any time to actually focus on improving their code. The only improvements that can happen must be snuck in while implementing new features.
As far as M$ is concerned, all code is shit, and the only thing that matters is if it works well enough to be shown at a demo and shipped. Needless to say, I don't work there anymore.

While:Some time before I read that article I also saw a piece on a release of an OS again by a Microsoft Employee stating that in the release of the OS which I think was Vista there were over 4500 Bugs when it was shipped to the market place!

Now I will ask a question:

Why do Commercial Airliners have more than 1 computer fitted?
Answer: It’s because even though the software is classed as ‘Safety Critical’ no two computers have the same Version of the Operating System installed.
So if the latest is found to be NBG, then the ‘system’ switches to the computer with the previous OS Version as that one worked.

While no one has advised me 'How to turn off this dam Blue Screen.

Cheers

 

I can only answer to what's addressed to me.
"So are you saying that XP Pro which also has SP3 installed on my machine, is not an OS?" No idea what you surmised that from what I wrote ? It's just an old OS without official support for long time now. Comparing to newer Windows it's woefully insecure even with other security programs/AVs installed.
"Using 1607 has not presented any security issues over the last 12 months, and has not caused anything to stop working, except for this dam ‘Blue Screen’. ". You probably just never noticed what may have happened. Just one example: Meltdown and Spectre it's solved only by regular updates and on HW (microcode) level.