How to remove Windows 10 upgrade updates in Windows 7 and 8

Unless this thread is locked I'll update my list here
My list is on the bottom I added 1 week ago and it's still accurate
Also keep in mind I only focus on the Important section I don't even look at the Optional section anymore
How to remove Windows 10 upgrade updates in Windows 7 and 8

Thanks for keeping the list for us.

Some of those updates are not related to win-10.

bigmck said:

Thanks for keeping the list for us.

thelma said:

just found 12 " important " updates listed. They were not there Yesterday but appeared now, dd 12 Th of January 2016, so two days late;

Thelma, I got the same ones (except the Visual C++ update). Here's what they are (sorted by number):

1. KB3126036 - Silverlight: stop remote exploit via malicious links

1. KB3108664 - stop elevation-of-privilege (EoP) attacks
2. KB3109560 - stop elevation-of-privilege (EoP) attacks
3. KB3110329 - stop elevation-of-privilege (EoP) attacks
4. KB3121212 - Kernel Security Update
5. KB3121918 - stop elevation-of-privilege (EoP) attacks
6. KB3123479 - Deprecation of SHA-1 hashing algorithm
7. KB3124000 - Kernel mode drivers Security Update
8. KB3124001 - Kernel mode drivers Security Update
9. KB3124275 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11
10. KB890830 - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - January 2016

I only got a single Win10-related one this month: KB2952664. Re-hid it once again.

Aug article updated on Jan 13: How to manage Windows 10 notification and upgrade options https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3080351

Has Micro$oft decided to be helpful...? Or, maybe... has it been embarrassed by GWX Control Panel?

In short, the article provides info (except item 4) that was provided months ago in the thread and elsewhere:

1). "manage the Windows 10 upgrade"

a). Automatically by installing KB3035583 and (KB3065987 / KB3065988)

b). Stopping it via

• Group Policy: "Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update."
• Registry: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" | DWORD value: DisableOSUpgrade = 1

2). "Hide the Get Windows 10 app"

a). Automatically done on Enterprise/RT/Embedded editions of Windows 7/8/8.1

b). Suppressing it via registry: "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx" | DWORD value: DisableGwx = 1

3). "Enable the Get Windows 10 app." Instructions include creation of a scheduled Task to

• "determine whether your device meets all the prerequisites" (checks for installation of KB3035583 and (KB3065987 / KB3065988),
• "and then it will turn on the Get Windows 10 app as appropriate." (deletes "DisableGwx” registry key)

4). "How to bypass the Unattend screen in Windows 8.1 Update" that runs when KB3065988 is installed:

Instructions given for modifying the "Unattend.xml file" that causes the system prompts users to reserve a copy of Windows 10 as part of the OOBE process that occurs at the first startup cycle."

jelson,

"I looked at installation of KB 3035583 on brand-spanking-new Windows 7 SP1..."

"Then I ran exactly one update -- KB 3035583 -- on all of the PCs."

"Uninstalling KB 3035583 doesn't uninstall any of the files in the GWX folder or remove the scheduled tasks. Uninstalling it merely rolls you back to an earlier version of KB 3035583."

Those statements must not apply to the same W7 computer. I don't see how the term "roll back" can be applied to a computer that only has one version of KB3035583 installed. It would have been nice if Woody Leonard would have mentioned where he saw this older version KB3035583 (e.g. in the list of installed updates).

When I attempted to duplicate Woody Leonard's findings on a fresh install of W7 pro 64bit SP1, uninstalling KB3035583 DID remove the windows\system32\GWX folder AND all of the scheduled tasks that Woody Leonard mentioned.


Also, Woody Leonard states that he applied four registry settings...

I looked at installation of KB 3035583 on brand-spanking-new Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update 1 PCs. I adjusted the Registry settings as prescribed on fresh installs of Home and Pro. Then I ran exactly one update -- KB 3035583 -- on all of the PCs. Sure enough, the Get Windows 10 icon didn't appear in the system tray, but all of the Get Windows 10 accoutrements (described below) are installed and fully functional.

...but did not install the updates that actually read some of those settings.

For example, how would you expect DisableOSUpgrade to do anything if KB3080351 is not installed?

This was the point that I was making in the post where you quoted me: "I was simply attempting to highlight the potential problem with removing all of those Windows Update Clients AND depending on that GPO setting."


Edit:
It would have been nice if Woody Leonard had mentioned where he got KB3035583 from. If it came from the Windows Update process, then what version of the Windows Update Agent/Client was installed at the time? W7/SP1 will not update until you update the WU Agent/Client:



The image below is from a previous post of mine.


That Windows Update Agent seems to be pre-SP1 ("7600"). The Windows Update software is now called the Windows Update Client. Many people hoping to avoid all things related to W10 and telemetry are not installing any of the newer versions of the WU Client. MS can install any update to that WU Client without any user approval/interaction.

UsernameIssues said:

jelson, ....
Also, Woody Leonard states that he applied four registry settings...

I looked at installation of KB 3035583 on brand-spanking-new Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update 1 PCs. I adjusted the Registry settings as prescribed on fresh installs of Home and Pro. Then I ran exactly one update -- KB 3035583 -- on all of the PCs. Sure enough, the Get Windows 10 icon didn't appear in the system tray, but all of the Get Windows 10 accoutrements (described below) are installed and fully functional.

...but did not install the updates that actually read those settings.

For example, how would you expect DisableOSUpgrade to do anything if KB3080351 is not installed?

This was the point that I was making in the post where you quoted me: "I was simply attempting to highlight the potential problem with removing all of those Windows Update Clients AND depending on that GPO setting."

Yep... I immediately thought of your previous posts when I read the article.


P.S. Thanks for sharing your research on the claims in the Woody article. Perhaps, you might consider posting what your found in the article's Comments.