Hello dear readers of my blog. With you Marat Nauruzbaev. In I told you that I created a free video course for you " How to create backup your data". In this article I decided to tell you how to upgrade to Windows 10. Agree that not everyone liked the Windows 8 / 8.1 operating system due to the absence of the Start button and its tiled interface. And recently, Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 with a returned Start button, an updated interface, and other tweaks. It will be possible to upgrade to Windows 10 for free only for a year (until July 29, 2016) and only for users licensed Windows 7 and 8.1.
Moreover, you can upgrade to Windows 10 not as it was done before, but simply by updating via the Internet, while saving all your data and installed programs... And what is interesting, you can “try” Windows 10 and if you don’t like it, you can return to your previous Windows installed (within one month).
I decided to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on my laptop. To do this, I did it, took a beer and went to bed, clicked on the update icon in the system tray
Should I upgrade toWindows 10
According to my subjective feelings after Windows updates 8.1 to Windows 10, the system is slightly faster. Windows interface 10 has become a little more beautiful and functional, incorporating all the best from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
Here are some improvements over previous versions of Windows:
- Return of the Start Menu... Disappeared in Windows 8, the "Start" menu returned to Windows Moreover, it combined the functions of the menu from Windows 7 and tiles from Windows 8.1 (their size can be changed or turned off altogether). This is good news
- Adding a search button to the taskbar
- Ability to create multiple virtual desktops... Linux and Mac OS users have had this opportunity for a long time. Now Microsoft has implemented this feature in Windows. Now running applications can be run on different virtual desktops
- New Edge browser... Microsoft has finally parted ways from the brake Internet Explorer... The new browser has cool features like taking notes on a web page, sending a note by mail, in OneNote, and more.
- New Action Center made like on Android
Now think about whether it is worth upgrading to windows 10 🙂.
How to get an update toWindows 10
You can get an update to Windows 10 in 3 ways:
Method number 1 Through a special Microsoft application « Go toWindows 10". The method is that Windows itself will remind you of the release of Windows 10 and offer you to upgrade to it. To this application notifies you about the upgrade to Windows 10, you need to install all the updates for the Windows you are using (for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1).
Method number 2 If method number 1 does not suit you, or installed Windows You are not prompted to upgrade to Windows 10, then this way will help you not only update Windows to Windows 10, but also download windows image 10 for its further recording on a disc or flash drive.
I consider this method to be the most reliable and preferable of all.
So, go to the official website to download the Windows 10 distribution download utility (MediaCreationToolx64.exe), select the required distribution version and click " Download the tool now»
We select a place on the disk where to save the utility " MediaCreationToolx64"And click" Save»
After downloading the "MediaCreationToolx64" utility, run it (by double clicking on it)
If you want to upgrade to windows 10 on this computer, press " Upgrade this PC now»
The Windows update process will begin, in which first the Windows 10 image (install.esd file) is downloaded to the C: \ $ Windows. ~ BT \ Sources folder.
Note: In the future, this image can be converted to an installation image (ISO image) special program, burn to a DVD or USB flash drive and use for further reinstall Windows 10. I will tell you how to do this in one of the following articles, so do not miss the article.
Method number 3 I will immediately warn you that this method does not always work. Therefore, if you did not like the 1st or 2nd method (I wonder why?), You can use this method.
- We delete all files in the folder " C: \ Windows \ SoftwareDistribution \ Download»
- Launch command line on behalf of the Administrator. To do this, right-click on the menu " Start"(In Windows1) and click" Command Line (Admin)».
In the window that appears, enter the command: wuauclt.exe /updatenow and click " Enter»
- We open " Windows Update» (« Control Panel» — « Windows Update"). Gotta go Windows boot 10 for later update
UpdateWindowsbeforeWindows 10
Whichever method of updating to Windows 10 you choose, your further actions will consist mainly of agreeing to update Windows 10.
Below on the screenshots you can understand how to upgrade to Windows 10.
After downloading the update, press the button " Accept»
Preparing for the update
Click " Start update»
The computer restarts and starts installing the Windows 10 update
Installing Windows 10 consists of three stages (during which the computer will restart several times):
- Copying files
- Installing components and drivers
- Settings
After Windows 10 has been updated and start screen click " Further»
Let's configure the Windows 10 settings right away. Click “ Settings»
In order not to send your personal data to Microsoft, you can check the boxes in the next two figures in the same way. Or you can leave everything as it is by default.
Welcome window appears
Settings in progress
A bit more
There are still a couple of tasks left
And Voila! The worker is loaded Windows table 10. Operating system updated to Windows 10
Checking Windows version and its activation. To do this, go to " Computer properties"And see that Windows is activated!
All my programs installed on Windows 8.1 work on Windows 10. It's just great!
Saving the license key
After upgrading Windows to Windows 10, it generates license key which you can save and use later to reinstall Windows 10.
After all, it may turn out that after upgrading to Windows 10 and using it, the system stopped loading. Or you just need to reinstall Windows 10, because you think that after complete reinstallation it will start to work faster. It's no secret that anew installed system(from scratch) will run faster.
So, after reinstalling Windows 10, it should be activated automatically. But the system may crash and Windows will not activate. In such cases, we will manually indicate the system's license key.
To "spy" and save the license key, use the program " AIDA64". You can download it at. Download the program, unzip and run the file “ Aida64»
After starting, in the left part of the program, click on " Operating system", Then on the right side to" Operating system»
In chapter " License information»Look at the product key. This is your license windows key... We save it in a safe place.
How to go back to Windows 7 (8.1)
Friends, if you decide to go back to Windows 7 (8.1), then go to the menu " Start» — « Options»
Click on " Updates and security»
We choose " Recovery» -> «
The announcement of Windows 10 turned the world upside down in a way: for the first time, you could get a new version of the operating system from Microsoft for free. But the joy did not last long. As it turned out, new system often clashed with hardware drivers and collected data about users and computers.
Analysts, market participants, and ordinary users were very surprised - why would Microsoft give away its OS for free? After all, the cost of the maximum versions previous systems sometimes it went up to $ 500! Among the main reasons, experts name, for example, the desire to promote a new platform with new programs and Windows Store Store, applications in which Microsoft itself controls - and also collects money itself.
The program of free upgrade to the "ten" was supposed to be valid for exactly one year after its release on the market, and officially expires on July 29th. Microsoft still promises that the program will actually end and then everyone will remain on the version of the OS that they originally had.
"My Struggle": How Windows 10 Tried To Get On Users' Computers
In order to make our instructions and the steps described in it clearer, we will briefly tell you about the history of the next confrontation between users and Microsoft.
Over the past year, Microsoft has made tremendous efforts to transplant the maximum number of users of current Windows systems 7 and Windows 8 / 8.1 to the new version - even those who didn't want to. And the Windows 10 transition program drank a lot of blood from people.
First, the GWX.exe (GetWindowsX) utility was installed on computers of all users with suitable OS, which began to annoy them with a constantly pop-up window offering to update. Moreover, GWX is pretty well protected from attempts to disable it or remove it from the system.
Gradually, users learned how to remove it by removing the KB3035583 update that installed it from the system, and the game began. This update stubbornly returned to the system - either by itself or through packages with other updates. Microsoft has moved it from the category of regular to security updates that should be installed on the system automatically. In general, "it is at the door, it is at the window." This struggle continues to this day with varying degrees of success.
Many users received "free" on their HDD the distribution kit of the system is about 4 GB in size, which is hiding in a hidden folder, you won't find it so easily. For those who were not at all lucky, it booted over cellular networks.
With the final weeks of the "free offer" coming, Microsoft is likely to go all-in. So, it's time to brush up on your knowledge and sharpen your weapons.
The easy way: disable all updates and third-party utilities
The easiest way to avoid any suggestions (especially if nothing has hit your computer yet) is to turn off Windows updates and not turn them on until July 29. This is the most efficient way... In theory, it opens the system to new unknown vulnerabilities, but today such a probability is minimal, especially since home computers are protected by routers. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the user downloads and launches the virus himself.
You can move Windows Update to manual mode and decide for yourself what to install. But then you yourself have to figure out what is being installed, know the numbers of "harmful" updates ... And still there is a chance to miss the new and well-disguised version of the update proposal.
And if you have already received an invitation to upgrade to your PC, then you will have to clean the computer.
For the lazy already released third party utilities that will help you get rid of all the mess without headaches. Life found two:
But remember: try them only at your own peril and risk (and better - after making a safety copy). Firstly, they were written by enthusiasts, there is no full guarantee of correct work, i.e. in rare cases, they can mess up something in the system.
Secondly, we cannot guarantee that these utilities are free of viruses. Moreover, even if the utility itself is "clean", no one prevents an attacker from downloading it, integrating a virus into it and placing it somewhere "in a public place." Be careful to download from known locations with malware checking.
The hard way: switching to manual control
All update utilities are delivered to your computer via Windows Update. If you do not want to disable receiving updates (and if you take your computer out of the house and work through external networks, then it is dangerous to disconnect them) or they have already got on your PC, you will have to clean them. Here is a list of "harmful updates" containing the very same GWX utility.
For Windows 7
- KB3035583
- KB2952664
- KB3021917
- KB2977759
- KB3083710
For Windows 8
- KB3035583
- KB2976978
- KB3083711
If you removed the listed packages, but the problem persists, the reason may be in the following updates: KB2990214, KB3014460, KB3083711, KB30383710, KB3035583, KB3021917, KB2977759, KB2976978, 2952664. They were originally released by Microsoft for different purposes, but in some cases users report that the company disguised the utility in them.
The first way to remove packages is to go to the update center, find the "harmful" updates listed above, search among the installed ones (it is in the right upper corner) and remove them from your computer. But this is only the first stage, because after rebooting your computer will definitely try to install them again - after all, Microsoft has carefully transferred them to the mandatory status (which are called "recommended" there, but are installed in automatic mode). Therefore, after uninstalling and rebooting, you will have to start the search for updates again and in the installation suggestions manually mark next to each of the "harmful" updates that you want to hide it. Then it won't install.
However, various sly ones learned how to do this last fall, so today this technology does not always help. But it's worth starting with this.
The second way is to act through the command line (CMD). You need to run it and enter next line: wusa / uninstall / KB: 3035583. And do this with all the numbers from the list above - those that are in the system. And after rebooting, you also have to go to the update center and mark "harmful" so that the system does not install them again.
Next step - we prohibit the system from updating at the registry level.
In 2016, Microsoft released an official instruction on how to add a command to the registry that prohibits upgrading to Windows 10. To do this, you need to create a 32-bit DWORD key named DisableOSUpgrade at the following addresses (if the required section is not there, you need to create it too):
Additionally, you can enter the line: HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Gwx, DWORD value: DisableGwx = 1
And don't forget to reboot your system. All update notifications should disappear.
This method works now. It used to happen periodically that after the next update the line mysteriously disappeared from the registry, and all the adventures "Let's update!" started again.
We sweep the traces
After disabling updates, don't forget to clean the disk. Firstly, Windows leaves copies of service packs, and secondly, you might be "lucky", and the Windows 10 distribution in a hidden folder eats up its 4-5 GB of your disk.
Everything is simple here: it knows how to delete it. standard utility"Disk Cleanup" (cleanmgr.exe), which comes with Windows 7 and 8. But for this you need to put it into a mode to remove system updates.
Open the utility, set the C drive scan. When it displays the results, click on the "Clean up system files" button. It will reboot, re-analyze drive C and show the system components in the list for cleaning. Check the boxes for service packs and temporary copies of Windows components.
If you do not trust the cleaning results or want to do everything yourself, we are looking for a special folder named $ WINDOWS. ~ BT. It takes 4-6 GB and is located on the C drive, but remember - this is a hidden folder, the "explorer" will not show it just like that. If you have an alternative file manager who knows how to work with hidden and system files, there will be no problems.
In the "Explorer" you need to open the "View" menu, in the old version - "Service" (if in the old "Explorer" you do not see the main menu at the top, press alt), there find "Folder Options" or "Folder Options", go to the "View" tab. Then look for the item "Show hidden files". Turn it on, look at your system disk(C :), the $ WINDOWS. ~ BT folder should appear next to the Prorgam Files, User, Windows folders. You can safely remove it.
Everything for the user, everything for convenience
Now you know how to remove persistent suggestions to upgrade from the system, you know that you need to carefully study all the suggestions to upgrade and click very carefully, and most importantly, you know that the upgrade to Windows 10 can start suddenly.
It is necessary to hold out quite a bit, but the enemy is strong and cunning. If you proceed with caution, you will meet on July 29th with your beloved operating system... Otherwise ... we always have the option to unplug the power cord before August 1st!
What would we like to end our guide with? "We will hold on here! We wish you all the best, good mood!" And after July 29, when the free update program is completed, it will be possible to add to Microsoft's side the final: "No money!"
The Telekit service center regularly receives complaints from Windows 7 owners about the intrusive “Get Windows 10” message in the Windows taskbar. A window with a message is displayed after each restart of the computer, and it is impossible to remove this message using the usual means. Closing the window, changing the output properties in the settings, moving to non-displayed icons, etc. does not help in solving the problem. With each subsequent restart, the window reappears and spoils the nerves and peace of mind for a number of users.
Microsoft is aggressively and highly intrusive in promoting a new product, which causes legitimate claims from some end users. At the same time, a number of owners of computers and laptops free upgrade before Windows 10 will prove to be useful. By the prevailing number Windows settings 10 is actually superior to the previous options. However, for some users, such an update, on the contrary, will be disastrous. For example, when using some specialized programs: professional music and graphic editors, accounting programs, etc., which were developed for use with Windows 7, but when working in Windows 10, they may either not start or "glitch" during work. A similar example - when using on a computer some games, also designed to work in Windows 7 and not designed to run and work normally in Wndows 10.
Thus, there is an obvious need for some users to stay in proven Windows 7 and to prevent Microsoft's intrusive attempts to move its consumers to the top ten on a voluntary and compulsory basis. In this article, we will show you how to remove persistent messages without wasting time and nerves.
So, let's begin:1. Go to the list installed updates Windows. For this:
We click the "Start" button on the desktop:
In the main menu that opens, we find the inscription "Control Panel":
The control panel displays categories by default:
For convenience, select "Small icons":
We select "Update Center":
As a result, we find ourselves in the list of installed updates:
2. Now we will remove the updates responsible for displaying the message of the Windows 10 installer. For Windows 7, these are updates with numbers KB2952664, KB3035583, and KB3021917. To remove updates, do the following:
Sequentially we find in the list required update... We do not recommend using the search bar in the upper right part of the window. search by number in updates sometimes gives an empty result, even if the update with the desired number is in the list. Therefore, it is better to look for "pens", leafing through the list of updates:
We click on the found update with the right mouse button and click "Delete":
- We agree in response to a request for confirmation of deletion:
Now let's wait 2-3 minutes:
We repeat the same steps for the rest of the updates:
If a window appears prompting you to reboot, agree:
After completing the necessary steps, the intrusive message about the readiness of Windows 10 to install will disappear. But after the next download and installation of updates, it may appear again. To prevent this from happening, the required updates must be hidden. For this you need:
- search for new updates in Windows Update:
DO NOT INSTALL NEW UPDATES, go to the list:
Find updates with numbers KB2952664, KB3035583 and KB3021917 (which we previously removed from the list), sequentially for each, right-click the found update and select "Hide":
But it's not over yet! The developers turned out to be prudent and added a clause about Windows installation 10 also to the list of optional updates. As a result, the message after some time starts to be displayed in Windows Update. To delete this message too, you must:
- Click on "Show all available updates":
In promoting Windows 10, Microsoft is pursuing a fairly tough policy, as evidenced by the persistent proposals. Windows users 7 and 8.1 update to new version, not counting the passing download of installation Windows files 10 to the computer. If migration to Windows 10 is not part of your immediate plans, such attention from developers will probably not give you much pleasure.
Fortunately, this intrusive service can be easily abandoned without disabling the basic Windows update function, all you need to do is make sure that there is one update component in the system and edit one key in the registry. If you are running Windows 8.1, you must have the KB3065988 package installed, and on Windows 7, the KB3065987 package must be installed. After making sure that the patch is available, open the registry editor with the regedit command and expand the following branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Policies / Microsoft / Windows / WindowsUpdаte
Create a new 32-bit DWORD parameter in the last directory, name it DisableOSUpgrade and set its value to 1. This will prevent Windows 10 update files from being downloaded to your computer.
After that in the branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Policies / Microsoft / Windows find the GWX section, create a new 32-bit DWORD parameter in it, but already with the name DisableGwx and also set its value to 1. If you don't have the GWX subkey, create it manually.
Restart your computer for the changes to take effect. More offers to upgrade to Windows 10 will not bother you. And the last thing. Check just in case if you have hidden folders C: / $ Windows. ~ BT and C: /Windows/$Windows.~BT, it is possible that the system has already created them and loaded the Windows 10 update files into them. In this case, simply delete them with all their contents.
Have a great day!
Despite the fact that Windows 10 is positioned as one of the best versions Windows, not all users are in a hurry to switch to it. Everything would be fine, but Microsoft literally imposes an updated version on users, displaying a proposal to upgrade to Windows 10, which cannot be removed. However, there is still an opportunity to get rid of it.
If your version of Windows has all the current updates installed, then an icon appears on the taskbar notifying that Windows 10 is available for you to update.
There is a category of users who do not want to install Windows 10 at all, but there are those who want to wait with the update until Microsoft fixes critical errors and finalizes the system. In any case, you have every right to stay on old version Windows without intrusive notifications.
How to remove the offer to upgrade to Windows 10:
- Method 1: disable the update icon.
If you want to remove only the obsessive Windows icon, which is located in the lower right corner, then this simple method will come in handy.
Step 1. Move the mouse cursor to an empty area of the taskbar, right-click on it and open the "Properties" item.
Step-2.
Step-3. A list of icons displayed in the tray will open. Look for an icon called "GWX" and put the "Receive notifications only" result next to it. Save the settings.
- Method 2: uninstall Windows 10 update
If you do not plan to update at all current version Windows, it would be more rational to uninstall this update.
Step 1. Open the explorer in the section "This computer" and click on the arrow in the header of the window to display extra menu... Select the Uninstall or Change Program option.
Step-2. On the left side of the new window, go to the "View installed updates" section.
Step-3. Using the search in the upper right corner of the window, find the update with the code KB3035583. Click on this update with the mouse, and then select the "Delete" button that appears just above.
