Removing that annoying "get windows 10 message"

[Javaphile]

Win10 is brilliant and incredibly stable. A definite improvement over 8 and easily as stable as 7 with more than a few new features thrown in

And who doesn't like a free upgrade... especially one that works?

It's not free:

The big push to Windows 10 is because Microsoft is seeing falling sales of their OS's and with Windows 10 they are moving to a Google/Facebook type financial model where their income is generated from selling information about their users to other companies rather than from direct sales of the OS. MS wants this new revenue stream to start producing as fast as possible.

Java "TANSTAAFL" phile

[rrm]

Win10 is brilliant and incredibly stable. A definite improvement over 8 and easily as stable as 7 with more than a few new features thrown in

And who doesn't like a free upgrade... especially one that works?

No arguments with stability. Nor reliability of upgrade from Win7/8 x64 bit.

FWIW my Win 7 install is just as stable and so it should be, it's the same core OS.

Answer to your question: A person who runs mainly scientific applications and has no particular desire to be dragged into Social media, nor have the 50 dozen additional services (none of which he uses) loaded into the task list to deplete the resources and thus reduce number crunching speed of their PC.

Life experience has proven to me there is nothing for free. Least of all from M$. And definitely not a lunch.

Th gotcha will appear when as many users as possible are safely locked into Win 10. It's just got to happen: the development of W10 certainly hasn't been for free.

I'm certainly not not going to fall for "come in spinner", not this early anyway.

Change for change's sake is never a good idea. I need a better reason other than a different UI (to learn) and less available system resources.

Think about it and tell me where my logic is flawed.

[Vinitasse]

Win10 is brilliant and incredibly stable. A definite improvement over 8 and easily as stable as 7 with more than a few new features thrown in

And who doesn't like a free upgrade... especially one that works?

[rrm]

Quite possibly ATI are not renown for Video stability. ATI=AMD = direct competition to Intel. And M$ have a vested interest in Intel.

Personally, I'd always choose NVIDIA video , with a M$ "signed" driver if possible.

Yes, W10 is quite stable, like W8 & W7. However the UI isn't for everyone.

Edit: Yes, I've just twigged inbuilt video on a lappy.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I've found Win 10 a lot more stable on my laptop than the Win 8 OS that it replaced. However, that may be due to the fact that the upgrade canned the Catalyst Control Centre that was administering the video services.

[Andy]

I've been ignoring the prompt on a couple of machines but I also know a few people happily running Windows 10.

What I've found funny though is the number of times that the GWX process falls over.
Doesn't instill much confidence in the new product if the nag screen crashes.

[rrm]

For those interested, Microsoft has an article on their support website on how to deal with Windows 10 upgrade: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/**/3080351 .

I tried that first. It doesn't work long term (For W7 PRO anyway). Every live update installed re initializes "Get Windows 10".

Would you honestly expect M$ to be fully upfront.

The method I've detailed has killed the message for the last 5 months.

[roburu]

For those interested, Microsoft has an article on their support website on how to deal with Windows 10 upgrade: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/**/3080351 .

[rrm]

I'd be interested in hearing about the Windows you used between 1970 and 1985. The earliest Windows I know of was Windows 1.0 whose development was started in 1981 under a different name and was announced in November of 1983 under the name Windows 1.0 and was then subsequently publicly released 30 years ago in November 1985.

So true JP, an un-intentional subtraction error when calculating decades. During the 70's we were using the DOS series of OSs and running in a text based environment.

Although a few of us may have been using IBM PS/2 and later OS/2 (1987)

"Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it" George Santayana

[Javaphile]

The big push to Windows 10 is because Microsoft is seeing falling sales of their OS's and with Windows 10 they are moving to a Google/Facebook type financial model where their income is generated from selling information about their users to other companies rather than from direct sales of the OS. MS wants this new revenue stream to start producing as fast as possible.

I've used Windows for over 45 years and kinda feel at home by now.

I'd be interested in hearing about the Windows you used between 1970 and 1985. The earliest Windows I know of was Windows 1.0 whose development was started in 1981 under a different name and was announced in November of 1983 under the name Windows 1.0 and was then subsequently publicly released 30 years ago in November 1985.


Java "History is so much fun" phile

[rrm]

Microsoft bringing out more BIG sticks...
Skylake users given 18 months to upgrade to Windows 10 | Ars Technica

Mal.

So what, I have a least three I7s PC hanging around. So hardware compatibility ain't going to be an issue.

Frankly I see this as scare tactics because at OS nuts and bolts level there is very little difference between Win 7, Win 8 and Win 10 of course I'm talking X64 versions.

In fact, I have Win 10 running under VMware as a guest running under Win7 host . I did this as a tryout so I could non invasively
install Win 10. It just sits there, and boots when selected, along with Linux Mint and few of the other superseded M$ OSs. Which are there to run outdated software or test something.

And I've already hacked Cortana from Win 10 in Win 7 pro. About the only worthwhile feature I've found in Win 10 to date.

Win 10 is too social media oriented for my liking. Especially the default wireless network sharing settings.
How to kill Wi-Fi password sharing in Windows 10 - CNET

The users who want an OS as tool are likely to stick with Win7 IMO.

So I can't see a problem at the moment unless M$ deliberately sabotage later versions so they won't run on older hardware, even then, there will be someone who builds a "patch" - it just a matter of knowing where to look for it.

When all else fails I will default to linux mint, but will learn to hate it, because I've used Windows for over 45 years and kinda feel at home by now. Not to mention replacing a few decades of collected software.

If push comes to shove I can pickup a pencil and Calculator (as I did in the early days) and use an Android phone or tablet for browsing.

So there are lots of options . Windows ceasing is likely to be a challenge rather than a problem I think.

And Barry O'Speedwagon, Window 10 is not like Double Glazing

[Dimal]

Microsoft bringing out more BIG sticks...
Skylake users given 18 months to upgrade to Windows 10 | Ars Technica

Mal.

[rrm]

Not really, just a pretty PC with well chosen components.

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.151230-0600)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model:
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/31/12 09:33:10 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.9GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16346MB RAM
Page File: 3136MB used, 29553MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 680
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1180&SUBSYS_28331462&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4037 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1989 MB
Shared Memory: 2048 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: BenQ G2420HD
Monitor Id: BNQ7840
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)





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[herzog]

I'm sick of "Get Window 10 message, I want it gone.

[COLOR=#333333]I tried at first playing nice and removing update ** 3035583, This didn't work for me.

You must be running a Vesuvius...

[rrm]

I've used Windows since they invented the sash. Never really believed that the casement was an upgrade but every other bloke was doing it.

The 64 bit versions of windows really are a step forward. Because you are no longer limited to 4 gig of managed Ram as in XP 32bit.

Stick in 16 gb of ram and an ssd and you will see windows run really fast and boot in less 15 seconds!

I'm still using win 7 pro /64 and have no intention of changing.


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