Microsoft also offers an alternative fix, but it involves tinkering with the Windows Registry, which can be tricky and can cause serious problems. 'Using this utility, inexperienced users will be able to easily use Never10 themselves, while advanced users will likely appreciate that fact that no additional software is installed and will be able to refer friends and family, whom they support, to this easy-to-use utility,' Gibson says ( Hat tip to Paul Thurrott for publicizing Gibson's work.) If you do, you can easily reverse the process. The utility is composed of a small amount of code that you download from his site and then forget - unless you change your mind about upgrading to Windows 10.
Never 10 is the brainchild of Steve Gibson, a software developer and founder of Gibson Software. Never10 eliminates Windows 10 updatesįirst is the 'Never 10' tool, which automatically changes the Windows Update settings so the program doesn't start (or complete) the Windows upgrade process from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, without explicit permission. Of course Windows shouldn't do that anyway, but sloppy wording in Windows pop-up boxes and occasional errors have in fact caused many users to install updates they don't want. If you're a PC user who is sick of Microsoft constantly pestering you to update your OS to Windows 10, and you're worried the out of control upgrade process will force you into an unwanted OS, I have a two-step solution.
