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Windows 10 upgrade: How-to information on scheduling and notifications

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Windows 10 is the best, most secure Windows ever – and it’s easy to get your free upgrade. If you’re a Windows 7 or 8.1 customer, be sure to complete your upgrade before the free upgrade offer expires on July 29, 2016.

To check your status or make a change to your upgrade schedule or notifications, see the instructions below. Additional frequently asked questions about the free upgrade can be found

here.

You may have received a notification (like the pop-up screen shown here) about upgrading your PC to Windows 10.



This notification means your Windows 10 upgrade will occur at the time indicated, unless you select either
Upgrade now or “Click here to change upgrade schedule or cancel scheduled upgrade”. If you click on
OK or on the red “X”, you’re all set for the upgrade and there is nothing further to do.

When you close this pop up, your PC will upgrade at the scheduled time. Based on customer feedback, in the most recent version of the
Get Windows 10 (GWX) app, we confirm the time of your scheduled upgrade and provide you an additional opportunity for cancelling or rescheduling the upgrade.



Changing your scheduled upgrade To change your scheduled upgrade, use the Get Windows 10
(GWX) app to follow these steps.

• First close all open GWX dialogs, then relaunch the GWX app by clicking the Windows icon at the bottom of your screen:
  
  
  
• Once you’ve relaunched GWX, you’ll see one of the following messages:
  
  From these screens, you can manage your Windows 10 upgrade schedule.
  • To schedule or start your upgrade, follow the instructions on the screen.
  • If you don’t want to schedule your upgrade, you can select either “Click
    here to change upgrade schedule or cancel scheduled upgrade” or you can click the red "X" to close the window. (If you receive a pop up that says “You’re set!”, click the link at the bottom to reschedule or cancel the upgrade.)
  If you receive this screen:
  • To schedule or start your upgrade, follow the instructions on the screen.
  • If you don’t want to schedule your upgrade, click the link to “change upgrade schedule or cancel scheduled upgrade”. Then select the
    Cancel scheduled upgrade option on the following screen.

If your upgrade was previously scheduled, you will see the message, Windows 10 is a Recommended Update for this PC.
To cancel your scheduled upgrade, click the link to “change upgrade schedule or cancel scheduled upgrade”. Then select the Cancel scheduled upgrade option on the following screens.





When you schedule your upgrade, you will receive a reminder 15 minutes before the upgrade starts. When the reminder appears, you can click
I need more time to reschedule or cancel the upgrade.



Turning off notifications If you no longer want to receive pop-up notifications for the free upgrade offer, you can turn off notifications and hide the GWX app. If you do not wish to upgrade, then prior to taking the following steps to turn off notifications,
you should also confirm that you have canceled any scheduled upgrade by following the instructions above. (Note: If your upgrade is already scheduled, the reminder that occurs 15 minutes before the upgrade starts will appear even if notifications
have been turned off.)

• Right-click (or press and hold) the Taskbar, and then select Properties.
• On the Taskbar tab, go down to the Notification area and select
  Customize…
• In the Notification Area Icons window, for the GWX icon, select
  Hide icon and notifications.

 

Windows 10 upgrade scheduler won't load

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

Please be informed that users who have chosen to receive recommended updates for Windows may receive a notification that their windows 10 upgrade is ready to be installed at a scheduled date and time.

Your Windows 10 upgrade will occur at the scheduled time if you close this window without either selecting
Upgrade now or by using the link to change the upgrade schedule or cancel the scheduled upgrade. If you don’t want to upgrade at this time, select the link to either change the upgrade schedule or cancel the scheduled upgrade.

Reference:
Windows 10 upgrade scheduling

I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft help link, wherein one of our MVPs,

Sumit Dhiman2 has replied to a similar issue.

Visit: GWXUX.exe Windows 10 Upgrade Program CRASHES

Next, to hide both the Get Windows 10 icon (the Windows icon in the notification area), and the upgrade notifications:

1.
Right-click (or tap and hold) the Taskbar and select
Properties.

2.
On the Taskbar tab, click the
Customize… button for the Notification area.

3.
In the Notification Area icons window, select the dropdown for the GWX (Get Windows 10) icon, and select
Hide icon and notifications.

You can always reset this setting to Show icon and notifications at any time in the future, should you later choose to install Windows 10.

You may also refer the below Microsoft Help link for more information:

How do I turn off notifications to upgrade to Windows 10?


Hope the above information is helpful.

 

Microsoft Confirms It’s Scheduling Windows 10 Upgrade on Some PCs
Changes made to the Get Windows 10 app recently

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What's next, Knocking on your door and twisting your arm to force you to upgrade? MS is determined to reach their 1 billion devices one way or another.