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Originally Posted by Dave42
29th of July
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So once its not free will they stop spamming windows 7 users with pop ups stating upgrade now or tonight, answers on a post card to "not a chance in this world"
For anyone being spammed on there windows 7 install, here's how to stop the spam.
http://www.howtogeek.com/228551/how-...automatically/
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If you want a really simple and easy way to get rid of the “Get Windows 10” icon and stop your PC from downloading Windows 10, you can download a little piece of freeware called GWX Control Panel from a developer that isn’t happy with this nonsense either.
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For those who have installed windows 10 you can stop Microsoft spying on your every move by using this
https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
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Spybot Anti-Beacon is a standalone tool which was designed to block and stop the various tracking (telemetry) issues present in Windows 10. It has since been modified to block similar tracking functionality in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems.
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For anyone who has seen windows 10 force an update on you that then broke your install, here's how to take back control.
http://techgage.com/article/taking-b...ws-10-updates/
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Privacy is one thing, as a lot of the options can be disabled (at the expense of losing Cortana), but forced Windows Updates has made a very clear division in opinion. Forced security updates are generally a good thing, as they not only prevent immediate exploitation, but can help prevent the spread of exploits; herd immunity if you will. However, bundling often old and buggy drivers into the forced update, as well as Microsoft’s history of releasing less than optimal patches (OS-destroying in some cases), has a number of users, myself included, concerned. So what are the options?
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