Preventing Windows 10 Upgrades from Windows Update with GWX Control Panel – This above video shows how you can use the free tool GWX Control Panel to keep your Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer from installing Windows 10 via the Windows Update process against your will.
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If you’re using Windows 7 or 8.1 and you don’t want Microsoft to send you notifications to update to Windows 10, you’ll need a third-party tool called GWX Control Panel – block Windows 10 update notifications.
GWX CONTROL PANEL (VERSION 1.7.4.1) is the shorthand for Get Windows 10, which is the title of Microsoft’s initiative to distribute the OS. There are a number of tools that block GWX, but GWX Control Panel is the most popular one.
This tool contains a number of functions, but the most important ones are the top two buttons. Disabling Microsoft’s GWX 10 app will stop its pop-up notifications and remove its icon from your system tray. Or you can click Prevent Windows 10 Upgrades to block automatic updates, similarly to what we described above.
There’s also a Delete Windows 10 Download Folders options. To facilitate Windows 10 installation, Microsoft sends about 3.5GB of files in the background. As far as we know, the company is not in the habit of asking permission to do this, or in the habit of mentioning it after the fact; it kind of just happens. GWX Control Panel will show you how much space the folder is currently taking up.
Windows might stop behaving if you disable Microsoft’s Get Windows 10 hooks, but you can usually resolve this by clicking the GWX Control Panel button labeled Clear Windows Update Cache. We recommend clicking that button regardless, to reduce the possibility of lingering issues with Get Windows 10.
When you’re done making changes in GWX Control Panel, just click the X in the upper right-hand corner to close the tool.
Download GWX CONTROL PANEL – VERSION 1.7.4.1