Windows 10 Tried To 'Upgrade' My PC All By Itself!

Hi,
Callender's link looks good :)

I trust Chris and GRC so I download and used Never10.
After reading the description and article it made sense to me.
I'm going to run Clean Disk, SFC /SCANNOW and see what happens after a reboot and Windows 7 Update Search.
Then take a peak in the registry.

Hi,
Yea I agree Brink's tutorial is all I've used

I used GWX control panel just to see what it said so I never used anything but it's scan results.

I just installed Never10 by GRC on two computers.
The steps I took.

1. Check for Windows 7 Updates. Installed the ones I wanted and hid the ones I didn't want.
2. Completed a Disk Cleanup and rebooted.
3. Complete a SFC /SCANNOW. NO problems found
4. Used CCleaner clean up and check the registry. No problems found.
5. Completed scan with TFC and rebooted.
6. CCleaner again and did a cleanup again. After running TFC and rebooting I always get a lot of junk from Windows logs.
7. Installed and used Never10 and used it. Rebooted.
8. Checked Windows 7 Updates again, none found.
9. Another SFC /SCANNOW, no problems found.
10. Another Disk Cleanup. Noticed it hung longer on Windows Update Cleanup than normal. Rebooted.
11. Checked CCleaner (Registry) it found no garbage.

**Will Never10 do what is states it will do; I don't know, only time will tell.
So far Never10 has not hurt my systems in any way I can tell.

Please note:
I did not have GWX Control Panel installed and never have.

Your millage may very.

Thank you Callender for finding Never10!

Layback Bear

No Problem. Never 10 does block Windows 10 Upgrade - I used "Secpod Saner" on my system to fix another problem and in doing so it attempted to download and install "Get Windows 10" app as a missing update. Registry entries created by "Never 10" were respected and the update did not install.

Hi Woodbine, I suspect that you are a Senior Brit like myself, if I'm wrong I apologise.

I had all the problems you describe, on both my desktop and my wife's laptop. Downloading GWX Control Panel is a simple process and it will take care of any Win10 stuff you have on your PC, just as it did with mine. I will put a screenshot here to show you what you get after download. Take time to read the Control Panel and set it as the screenshot. Good luck.

Should have added: where the "Get Windows 10" icon was, you will get a "10" icon. There will also be an icon on the Desktop. Click them anytime and you can access the Control panel.

The reason why you got the 10 icon and the upgrade, is that you have Windows Updates set to "Automatic". To change that, go to Control Panel -> Windows Update -> Change settings -> (set it to) -> Check For Updates But Let Me Choose Whether to Download and Install Them.

That way, you can choose what to install.