[nfbcs] Getting Rid of the Get Windows 10 Popup Window

[Ian C. Bray]

I'm not a super fan of importing registry exports, so...
For those interested, an article & multiple solutions are here.
http://www.howtogeek.com/218856/how-do-you-disable-the-get-windows-10-icon-shown-in-the-notification-tray/

I have used 2 of them & I like both.

Uninstalling sometimes does NOT work!  the control panel will!




----- Original Message ----- 


From: "Larry Wayland via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Larry Wayland" <lhwayland at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Getting Rid of the Get Windows 10 Popup Window


> Thanks Curtis:
> I've been fighting with that get windows 10 window for a long time. It 
> will
> be nice to get rid of it.
> Larry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Curtis Chong 
> via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:29 PM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org; gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Curtis Chong
> Subject: [nfbcs] Getting Rid of the Get Windows 10 Popup Window
>
> Greetings:
>
> If you are being constantly plagued with the "Get Windows 10" window, and 
> if
> you want to stay on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, here is a link to a zip file
> containing two registry files that can be used.
>
> https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/w1bu2r
>
> The zip file contains two ".reg" files:
>
> * Disable_Get_Windows_10.reg and
> * Enable_Get_Windows_10.reg
>
> You will probably be interested in the first file.
>
> I got these files because I couldn't figure out how to do the actual edit 
> of
> my Windows Registry to carry out the instructions outlined in the 
> Microsoft
> website.
>
> What you do is to extract the .reg files to a place on the consumer's
> machine and click on the Disable_Get_Windows_10.reg file to get rid of the
> Get Windows 10 popup. That's all there is to it. Good luck. This seems to
> have worked for me.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Curtis Chong
>
>
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