Windows 10 REMOVES programs

Very easy to opt out. Go to Windows Update and uncheck the box for Windows 10 Update... That's it!

 

i was getting the annoyed promp to update to win10 on every boot/login. i warned all the users in the family to never ever click on it. today i think i found a way to disable it. i right clicked the win10 icon in notification area and one of the options enabled me to unreserve win10. i'll check later if that sticks.

 

This page gives several methods to remove the Windows 10 prompts:
How To Disable The "Get Windows 10" Icon And Notifications

 

Read the fine print, 10 says it may remove incomparable programs, and the list was small, overclocking and cpu monortoring programs, but the article stated none were removed.

 

Seems there may be some mix-up on this thread about Windows 10 doing an update and people installing the Windows 10 upgrade.

The recent UPDATE (not upgrade) totally removed CCleaner on my computer. Not that big of an issue, easy re-install, but just makes me wonder what else it might had done.

Oh, and it defaulted to some stupid "calendar" as the reboot screen, which took me a bit to figure out how to get rid of to get to my desktop...

Wishing now I had NOT UPGRADED TO W10

 

Believe me folks, there is no GREAT operating system... My Apple customers lost the ability to send emails and view photos for two weeks after the el capitan update. As an I.T. guy for twenty years, my humble opinion is Windows 7 or Windows 10 - YES, Windows 8.1 - NO on desktops, Yes on Tablets...

 

thanks for stating this clearly. if i ever "upgraded" (i have no plans based on what I've heard) it would only with a backup plan. on the other hand, i bought a brand new Win10 laptop for my kid lately and she likes it (coming from Vista that wasn't as bad as they say)

agree. i use/used mac some and they are not intuitive to use. the apple mouse is awful, BTW (fortunately, PC mouse works almost fine).

 

From other articles, I just learned that it is being shoved onto many more users now. The 'upgrade' window no longer offers a choice to decline, just delay to overnight, so users need to know to 'x' out of the window instead.

Finally, I found something pointing to Update 'KB3035583'. Uninstall that update, then Hide it from Windows Update. I'll see how long that lasts.

 

Unfortunately, it auto-reinstalled on the next reboot. I don't know if that action was built in, or the result of trying to fetch more Windows updates before that reboot.

After a second Uninstall and reboot, without doing more updates, it (the GWX.exe process) remained absent.

 

I'm really enjoying 10 on my laptop. It's running smoother than with 7. The key is a clean install of 10 and not an upgrade install. The beauty of it is if I don't like it I can revert to 7 unlike iOS. I'm pleasantly shocked how stable it is. Being constantly nagged to upgrade is no different than iOS, Android, or my bank website.

 

Agree, it runs like 7 but can't get infected like 7 every time you blink.
It's actually starting to be reliable

 

Someone over at photo.net had a bear of a time with a video card:

ATI FirePro V4800 in Windows 10? - Photo.net Digital Darkroom Forum

 

Well, if your video card is 5 plus years old, don't use it with windows 10, switch to 7 for "games"

 

Fresh install after mirror back-up is always better. WIN can and will get infected if you don't use proper security. Finding compatible drivers (if available) are have always been an issue with new OS and old hardware.

 

This spam ware starting to get on my nerves. I did a concerted uninstall once, a few months back, took for a while, but it's back.

 

Upgraded 3 Windows 8.1 laptops to Windows 10 yesterday and today. Went pretty smoothly.

Having some trouble with a desktop running Windows 7 though. Still trying...

 

I'm win 7, perfectly happy. Just wish those guys would blow away.

 

It will after July. I'm getting ready to install it on my main desktop. Although I like Windows 10 on my laptops, I don't upgrade for the sake of upgrading. Windows 7 works fine on my desktop and it's going to stay that way.

I plan to clone the HD and install 10 so I reserve my free upgrade before it expires. Sometime in the future when Microsoft stops supporting 7, I'll upgrade to 10. That is if this 4 year old computer lasts into the next decade.

BTW: I've done maybe 4 "upgrades" and each one had an issue. A clean install of Windows 10 is the way to go. Just in case you wrote off 10 because it was a horrible upgrade. I suggest a clean install to get the best experience.