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

Recovery as in System restore. Old faithful. Always do system restore point before adding anything new and not known etc. Serviced me well.

I do have backups on ext HD via W7 but l have always done cut and paste of my docs and used Mozbackup for settings etc. Had back up programs let me down.

shame Mozbackup isnt being undated for later Firefox. But it still worked for older settings on latest version when reinstalled. Meant got most of bookmarks etc.
And Recuva got me back emails - great program that one too.

MS is basically breaking it's own guidelines with this recent GWX:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

To quote: "The Close button on the title bar should have the same effect as the Cancel or Close button within the dialog box. Never give it the same effect as OK."

To their perverse minds, the "Download now, upgrade later" button is probably the equivalent of cancel button...

I was "comfortably numb" about this WRT my own machine, but now I have to prepare a repaired Win7 machine for deployment to a customer. My company only sold maybe a handful of Win7 machines, and only this one is still in service, so there is no policy in place for dealing with this.

Warrior said:

Recovery as in System restore. Old faithful. Always do system restore point before adding anything new and not known etc. Serviced me well.

I do have backups on ext HD via W7 but l have always done cut and paste of my docs and used Mozbackup for settings etc. Had back up programs let me down.

shame Mozbackup isnt being undated for later Firefox. But it still worked for older settings on latest version when reinstalled. Meant got most of bookmarks etc.
And Recuva got me back emails - great program that one too.

Ohh that's what you meant! Yep it's always a great idea to do that! I've created them and they have always worked well! It's strange how it deleted emails and things in programs, as it shouldn't affect your personal files. One time I did a System Restore recently and it deleted one of my programs. However when I reinstalled it, all of my settings were still there! Also this was in Windows 7, not in Windows 10!

astroroxy10 said:

Warrior said:

Recovery as in System restore. Old faithful. Always do system restore point before adding anything new and not known etc. Serviced me well.

I do have backups on ext HD via W7 but l have always done cut and paste of my docs and used Mozbackup for settings etc. Had back up programs let me down.

shame Mozbackup isnt being undated for later Firefox. But it still worked for older settings on latest version when reinstalled. Meant got most of bookmarks etc.
And Recuva got me back emails - great program that one too.

Ohh that's what you meant! Yep it's always a great idea to do that! I've created them and they have always worked well! It's strange how it deleted emails and things in programs, as it shouldn't affect your personal files. One time I did a System Restore recently and it deleted one of my programs. However when I reinstalled it, all of my settings were still there! Also this was in Windows 7, not in Windows 10!

I am sure it did - but I think that they had tried to download the W10 or part thereof via KB and that's is why lost emails etc as prior as you said - stayed with me.
I'm counting the weeks til end of free. Then maybe we who are adamant do not want to lose W 7 paid for and loved in exchange for W10 new gremlin inhabited and yet to be loved by all or even get past 2 years like so many M$ lemon OS's.

whatever - now my mouse died on me late last night - M$ 3000 to go with keyboard. Had same one for hubbies lap top so borrowed it - configured it - still keeps on going busy on me and hovering not able to land it etc and click - so out of control - seen that before somewhere but forgot the way to stop it. Any ideas welcome.

And since last re=install get a lot of browser etc not responding .............spooky reckon they left "gremlins" because I refused to quietly follow their command to accept W10 thereby giving them "my info and data" to sell off - must be going to or why give away millions of $

lehnerus2000 said:

W10 is still trying to install itself (and fortunately failing) on my main desktop despite:

• Blocking various updates
• Not having GWX on my PC

I'm starting to suspect that part of the reason for the W7 update problems is that the updater isn't looking for installed W7 updates, it's trying to find a way of sneaking past the PC's defences so that it can install W10.

lehnerus2000,

I haven't had this issue-yet. Did you make sure that most of the updates below are not installed?


Here are my hidden updates in the picture below


KB969856 won’t install
KB971033 won’t install without removing another update, this is because of my system being a legit dell oemslp system

As add protection I use Never10 from grc as I have said before. I can't use windows 10 at all unless I want to stand the graphic driver blinking. I am hoping the Anniversary update fixes that, after trying an insider build, the blinking was even worse. I don't think Intel officially supports this driver but still provides a driver to Microsoft. I may be stuck with windows 7 sp1 & Linux mint 17.3 even when not supported any longer. I did find out opensuse tumbleweed 32 bit works but the screen is to bright.