I'm continuing to watch things closely.

Just today, I discovered that KB3150513 had installed prior to when I uninstalled 3035583. Reading up on it seems to indicate that it does background work...

Specifically, what are the 6 keys?

And the KB numbers that were issued to get around the key changes?

I'm no Luddite. For 17 years, I earned my living as an IT pro. I started with mainframes, got into PCs at DOS 2.6 and have happily upgraded every step of the way. My next new PC will be Win 10, and...

To be clear, it will reinstall if you leave updates set to "auto". I've set mine to "ask me before downloading and installing". It is recommending installation, but so far hasn't gone ahead without...

OK, another question.

Searching under C:\Windows finds multiple subdirectories with GWX.exe and what appear to be related DLLs, etc. These are all under /Windows/winsxs. The create dates on these...

OK, just a quick status report after my first night of powering down, then back up in the AM.

Shortly after powerup, Windows Update checked for available updates for me to download. It found that...

OK, status update:
-User data backup is current. It runs nightly.
-KB3035583 uninstalled
-Directory containing KB3035583 files in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download moved elsewhere
...

Well, I took a plunge and learned for myself. I was going to shut the computer down tonight, anyway. And, a little while ago, on my way to Control Panel, I found that Windows was ready to do an...

Yup. did exactly that. Not installed. Yet...

Thanks. I already was set to show hidden objects. And, for now, there's no $Windows.~BT directly under my C:\ root.

Last night, my Windows Updates setting was still automatic. It downloaded, but didn't install, KB3035583. There is a folder under c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download that was created last...

If I had it, where would it be?

And to be perfectly clear, it will actually be "Dollar sign" Windows "period" "tilde" BT?

And if I find it, what is it and should I delete it?

And that explains why Never10 reports that the update is enabled on my computer.

Thanks.

In other news, I removed the KB3035583 update yesterday. From what I've been able to learn, this is the Win 10 updater.

I have had my Windows Updates set to automatic. Last night, it found that...

Not yet. I'll probably run Never10 later today.

I have opened Regedit and snooped a little. Found that neither of the two keys with the settings for the update even exist. My understanding is that...

Thanks for sharing that. I hadn't planned to install 8.1, so I'm okay on that one.

Understood. And I've already posted that question.

Not yet. I'm still trying to learn a bit more before doing that.

Meanwhile, what do you think about Bro67's reply? Does that mean that people who used Never10 to disable have gotten upgrades...

So, you're saying that Never10 doesn't work, that it will upgrade anyway?

OK, now I'm a bit puzzled. I downloaded Never10, started it, and it reported that the upgrade is enabled on my machine. I expected to find the upgrade enabled in my registry.

And yet, neither the...

Ah. Thanks, Mr. Geek and Davidhk

The article at HowToGeek implies that Never10 is effective, but that a manual fix may or may not be. Does anyone know what specific actions Never10 takes? And why that article would cast doubt on...

Hi all,

I want to absolutely, positively prevent the Win 10 upgrade on my Win 7 machine.

I have removed the KB3035583 update. And in doing so, I'd guess it removed the /Windows/System32 folder...

Well, sure. Although I don't have any way to do a clean 10 install, and at this point don't really want to even start reopening that can of worms. Just want to get back to 7 and get back to work.
...

Hello All,

My Toshiba Tecra W50 was running fine on Windows 7. Regrettably, I overlooked disabling the popup which automatically scheduled and performed the upgrade to 10.

While just...