nick205
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 posted on 18/4/16 at 11:51 AM |
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How to disable MS Windows 10 reminder?
Hi All,
My HP work laptop seems to have a thing about "upgrading" from Windows 7 Professional to Windows 10. It came with Windows 7 Professional
installed and works just fine as it is, I have no desire to change it to Windows 10 and would like it to stop prompting me to do so.
So...question for the computer literate...how do I disable the Windows 10 prompt without messing anythings else up?
Microsoft Office, Outlook, networking all work fine as it is and I don't want to cause any issues.
An explanation in simple easy to follow steps would benefit me as would screen shots if required.
Thanks in advance 
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peter030371
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 11:59 AM |
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My laptop kept doing that for weeks (if not months). Every time I switched it on the same pop-up would come up but I just closed it each time....then
last week the same pop-up had a new button that said something like 'do not remind me again' which I ticked and now its stopped asking
I have no idea why they new button appeared and even less idea of how but it seems to have sorted the problem out. Sorry not much help to you other
than maybe eventually yours will also learn!
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nick205
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 12:02 PM |
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Sounds promising!
My main dislike is the task bar icon, which if clicked I'm sure will start an unwanted process 
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Slimy38
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 12:17 PM |
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I believe the reminder came as part of a Microsoft patch, so if you remove the patch you should get rid of it entirely. Well, unless Microsoft then
reinstall the patch...
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Chris_Xtreme
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 12:24 PM |
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I have used this tool on a few old laptops, it has worked fine and stopped and kept the prompts away.
http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-
to-permanently-remove.html
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loggyboy
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 12:43 PM |
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Ive recently tried the KB303xxxx patch removal to take it away which most sites seem to offer as a solution. So far this leads to an expornanat boot
time and the patch comes back a few days later so I gave up!
Mistral Motorsport
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nick205
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 01:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris_Xtreme
I have used this tool on a few old laptops, it has worked fine and stopped and kept the prompts away.
http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-
to-permanently-remove.html
Thank you Chris - I'll try this and see what happens.
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benchmark51
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 03:42 PM |
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On the right hand side of the task bar, click the 'up' arrow and show hidden icons. Click customise, scroll to gwx and choose 'Hide
icon and notifications. It will still be there but out of sight. I'm on windows 7 pro. There is a pic in my archive.
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Chris_Xtreme
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 04:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by benchmark51
On the right hand side of the task bar, click the 'up' arrow and show hidden icons. Click customise, scroll to gwx and choose 'Hide
icon and notifications. It will still be there but out of sight. I'm on windows 7 pro. There is a pic in my archive.
Interesting, I thought I'd tried that but it kept coming back, perhaps only after a reboot, but hey another simpler option to try.
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nick205
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 04:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by benchmark51
On the right hand side of the task bar, click the 'up' arrow and show hidden icons. Click customise, scroll to gwx and choose 'Hide
icon and notifications. It will still be there but out of sight. I'm on windows 7 pro. There is a pic in my archive.
Tried this - found the "GWX" icon and set it to "hide icon and notification". Will see tomorrow am on startup if it works
(fingers crossed).
Thanks,
Nick
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Case_Sensitive
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| posted on 18/4/16 at 07:22 PM |
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As others have reported, it came with a 'helpful' update to Windows (KB3035583 )
The full story is over here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/218856/how-do-you-disable-the-get-windows-10-icon-shown-in-the-notification-tray/
And Microsoft's take on it
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/kb/3035583
If you go to 'Add Remove Programs' (type appwiz.cpl into the search box to impress the easily impressed)
Click 'Installed updates'
Find KB3035583 (use the search box in the top right)
Uninstall it and reboot.
Gonzo.
Until Windows Update automatically reinstalls it (if your computer is set to do that).
The article describes how to permanently stop it from coming back if you persevere.
[Edited on 18/4/16 by Case_Sensitive]
[Edited on 18/4/16 by Case_Sensitive]
http://mevowners.proboards.com/thread/3946/rocket-st159
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nick205
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| posted on 19/4/16 at 07:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by benchmark51
On the right hand side of the task bar, click the 'up' arrow and show hidden icons. Click customise, scroll to gwx and choose 'Hide
icon and notifications. It will still be there but out of sight. I'm on windows 7 pro. There is a pic in my archive.
Tried this - found the "GWX" icon and set it to "hide icon and notification". Will see tomorrow am on startup if it works
(fingers crossed).
Thanks,
Nick
Brilliant - this seems to have worked and the Windows 10 reminder icon has gone from my taskbar. It is displayed when you popup the hidden icons, but
I don't do that often so no matter.
Thanks Benchmark - good tip!
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nick205
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| posted on 29/4/16 at 07:37 AM |
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Quick update - hiding the Win10 icon seems to still be working - it's not asking me anymore and I can't see the icon on my task bar
either. 
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 29/4/16 at 11:22 AM |
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The other thing to do if it starts to come back again is to just 'hibernate' your laptop at the end of the day rather than do a full shut
down. The Windows 10 reminder tends to come up with a full reboot (at least on my laptop). Starting from hibernate is also a lot quicker than doing
a full boot, which is now really slow on my laptop no doubt due to all the extra junk that Microsoft have installed on it over the 3 years that
I've had it.
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nick205
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| posted on 29/4/16 at 04:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveWallace
The other thing to do if it starts to come back again is to just 'hibernate' your laptop at the end of the day rather than do a full shut
down. The Windows 10 reminder tends to come up with a full reboot (at least on my laptop). Starting from hibernate is also a lot quicker than doing
a full boot, which is now really slow on my laptop no doubt due to all the extra junk that Microsoft have installed on it over the 3 years that
I've had it.
Useful advice! I've just fitted a new battery to my laptop so it should hibernate overnight OK. I've noticed it takes a while to boot up
from cold - very irritating indeed.
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