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| Thread ID: 140129 | 2015-08-22 07:27:00 | Windows 10 popup | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1407201 | 2015-08-27 00:58:00 | Any luck Greg? Am interested to see what the story is here... | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1407202 | 2015-08-27 09:00:00 | Wasn't there some malware posing as a Windows 10 upgrade tool? Or was it a phishing email? Can't remember now. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1407203 | 2015-08-27 22:04:00 | Thanks - just did the search now and no such item is found. Really it's not anything more than a nuisance. Just a bloody nuisance which I hate because I like to have at least a reasonable amount of control of my own computer. Any luck Greg? Am interested to see what the story is here... I'll do a malware/virus/trojan scan to see if anything comes up. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1407204 | 2015-08-27 23:10:00 | I've yet to see any Windows 10 crap on my Win 7 install. A few months ago the ESET firewall started to ask about allowing GWXDector.exe access, so I blocked it. See if you can block Win/Sys32/GWX/GWXDetector.exe |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1407205 | 2015-08-27 23:48:00 | Here's my latest: 6711 I need to kill this bastard MS popup somehow (the text has changed somewhat in the message today) The reason the message has changed is because W10 has already fully downloaded to your C drive. If you look you'll see the hidden folder $Windows.~BT Its windows 10, anywhere from 4GB upwards. Theres several ways on sites, haven't tried them all yet but two combined looks like it it should work. method 3 on how-to-remove-get-windows-10-app-and-its-icon-from-taskbar/ (www.askvg.com) At the bottom is a file to run the reg alterations ( I have checked its contents and it right) - or direct link media.askvg.com It contains the alteration and the undo in case you change your mind. THEN you need to clean out the whats already there. ( from another tech in Canada) Take Windows Update off automatic -- Never check Task Manager, processes, find and end GWX.exe Control Panel, Uninstall a program, View installed updates, WAIT a long time till you see the green bar completes its long trip to the right Now, search for KB3035583, uninstall it Restart the PC Disk cleanup, do the 2nd step for System -- this takes a while You should find a file there that is anywhere from 4 to 8 Gigabytes. It is the Win10 downloaded file. Put a check mark on that item. OK, Delete Files Restart The startup will take a long time while it finishes cleanup Just adding to that as a precaution, if you do a windows update manually and KB3035583 shows again - Hide it. Haven't actually tried it yet so no idea if it will work - but looks like it should. :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1407206 | 2015-08-28 08:47:00 | Just adding to that as a precaution, if you do a windows update manually and KB3035583 shows again - Hide it. Haven't actually tried it yet so no idea if it will work - but looks like it should. :) Thanks mate. That KB3035583 doesn't show now, nor did earlier. But I will try the suggestion and report back. [edit] I found it after all. Will see what happens after I reboot. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1407207 | 2015-08-28 08:57:00 | Thanks mate. That KB3035583 doesn't show now, nor did earlier. But I will try the suggestion and report back. [edit] I found it after all. Will see what happens after I reboot. Fingers, Legs and eyes crossed :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1407208 | 2015-08-28 22:58:00 | Thanks again folks. Problem solved. First thing I did this morning was manually check updates and lo and behold, blimmin KB3035583 was wanting to be installed. Ha! | Greg (193) | ||
| 1407209 | 2015-08-28 23:02:00 | Persistent we thing isn't it :D | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1407210 | 2015-08-29 02:57:00 | Greg, just make sure that you hide it. Otherwise, you will get all the problems over again. | Bryan (147) | ||
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