I have Windows 7 Pro and this is what I had to do to remove that upgrade
file. I already shared this with Mike Bell:
The actual Windows 10 hidden file, if already secretly downloaded. Find
first, remove last.
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1. Have Explorer set to show hidden files.
2. Find the Windows 10 hidden upgrade file here:
C:$Windows.~BT (or possibly $Windows.~WT) # approx 6GB in size
REMOVAL OF THE HIDDEN FILE C:$Windows.~BT
Instructions also found at:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/delete-windows-bt-ws-folders-windows-10
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1. Run command (cmd.exe) as Administrator
2. takeown /F C:\$Windows.~BT\* /R /A
3. icacls C:\$Windows.~BT\*.* /T /grant administrators:F
4. rmdir /S /Q C:\$Windows.~BT\
Here's the stuff you need to know and do in-between:
Steps for avoiding/removing the updates for Windows 10 upgrading,
data sharing, and others which need avoided.
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1. Turn off automatic download and installation of Windows updates;
Set to check for updates but let me choose whether to download and
install them.
2. Do not allow other users to download and install Windows updates.
3. Uninstall/Do not install, and then hide these updates:
KB3035583 # Most critical! Installs the Get Windows 10 App and
displays icon in the lower right.
KB2592664 # Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7
KB2976978 # Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 8.1 and
Windows 8
KB2990214 # Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows to a
later version of Windows
KB3022345 # Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3068708 # Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
(replaces KB3022345)
KB3075249 # Update that adds telemetry points to consent.exe in
Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
KB3080149 # Sends telemetry data to Microsoft
KB3021917 # Update to Windows 7 SP1 for performance improvements
KB3035583 # "An adware/PUA/PUS/PUP for Windows 10 upgrade."
# Adds a folder to System32, "GWX", which contains 9 files
and a folder, "Download".
4. Note:
KB3012973 # This is the actual update for upgrading to Windows 10
Pro.
# Do not download and install. Be sure to hide this update.
# However, if somehow already installed and upgraded to
Windows 10, uninstall FIRST before the ones above!!!
# Personally considered risky if wanting to downgrade back
to Windows 7, 8, or 8.1
# I would avoid doing this. I am listing this update for
informational purposes only.
Thanks guys and be careful. I told Mike that I want to slowly get used to
using Ubuntu by virtualizing it on my Win 7 pro first, learning as much as
I can as long as I can make my Win7 Pro last.
What do you all think?
Kory Pounds
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Larry DiGioia <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2010 era
On 02/03/2016 06:19 PM, Mike wrote:
On 02/03/2016 02:42 PM, Larry DiGioia wrote:
I have it running on dozens of machines with only Pentiums, with only 4GB
RAM, and it is fine.
tech4u <techconsultant4u@xxxxxxxxx>
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 10:46 AM
But how does it work on older Windows7 machines that are low end that
Windows7 is pushing there limits? Somethin' is going to break.
Cory
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Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what
they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. --
Putt's Law
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them
into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke
On 2/3/16 7:19 AM, M. Knisely wrote:
What era Pentium? I've loaded 10 all of two times now on fairly new
machines. I'd venture to say that anything older than a Duo Core would be
near useless.
Mike
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