RE: Win10 upgrade news

["Michael Norman" michael.norman@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Daniel.

I ran both Never10 and GWX Control Panel, both of which were easy to use and
seemed effective. As it turned out, I'd managed to avoid letting M$ install
any W10 components on my W7/64 Pro machine, which, in turn, suggested that
my long shut-downs had nothing to do with a lurking W10 process. I've tried
every protocol I could find - disabling services and programs with msconfig,
sweeping for malware. There's seems to be a lot of misinformation on this
problem (several normally reliable sites suggesting registry edits from on
XP -- keys that do not exist in Win7. "Stopping services" still takes 31
seconds. I think my next stop is Windows Performance Toolkit to try to find
out which process is taking so long. At all events, thanks again for the W10
blocking suggestions.

Michael

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx [mailto:xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
>Of Daniel Say
>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 7:54 PM
>To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Win10 upgrade news
>
>> I'm getting updates that either refer directly to Win 10 or are
>> described as preparation for it AND claim to fix some glitch in the
>> Win 7 opsys at the same time. At least one every update cycle. I think
>> they're just launching them monthly. Hope this stops when they finally
>> start charging for W10. I'm about to install GWX to flush my system of
>> any W10 files lurking and waiting.
>
>And there is Never10 from Steve Gibson
>https://www.grc.com/never10.htm
>
>But read the March 2016 Article by Lincoln Spector noting caution, and
Microsoft's own
>Block Windows 10 suggestions.
>
>http://www.pcworld.com/article/2998967/windows/how-to-block-the-windows-10-
>upgrade.html
>
>And you can search for Microsoft's well-hidden troubleshooter package,
KB3073930,
>which allows you to hide or block Windows Updates and, crucially, driver
updates.
>
>As well as the GMX software often mentioned
>http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-
>remove.html
>
>http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/GWX_control_panel.exe
>
>Best of Luck, or buy another computer to store away after creating the boot
>disks/usb/DVDroms.
>