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Blocking Windows 10

seasoned_geek by seasoned_geek

I’m basically recording this because I know at some point some relative will visit an antiques shop and while buying steel irons you had to heat on the stove to iron clothes with they will also purchase a computer so old it runs Windows. Talk about obsolete!

Windows 10 is now being called Ransomware in many circles because Microsoft is forcing it out as an “update” and some things get trashed. What most vehemently offends is the fact Microsoft ASS-U-MEs you don’t have something like a 5 or 10 Gig data plan when they force out this 2.something gig virus. If people actually wanted it they would click on the nag-o-gram.

I stole the 2 files needed from here. I have copied them to my site in case Internet link rot kicks in.

DisableOSUpgrade

http://theminimumyouneedtoknow.com/send/DisableGWX.reg

You basically need to open a terminal window as administrator. Navigate to where you downloaded these files, then run them. Once done, reboot. The Windows 10 virus will now be prevented and the nag-o-gram “should” be gone.

windows_10_block

Roland Hughes started his IT career in the early 1980s. He quickly became a consultant and president of Logikal Solutions, a software consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS application and C++/Qt touchscreen/embedded Linux development. Early in his career he became involved in what is now called cross platform development. Given the dearth of useful books on the subject he ventured into the world of professional author in 1995 writing the first of the "Zinc It!" book series for John Gordon Burke Publisher, Inc.

A decade later he released a massive (nearly 800 pages) tome "The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer" which tried to encapsulate the essential skills gained over what was nearly a 20 year career at that point. From there "The Minimum You Need to Know" book series was born.

Three years later he wrote his first novel "Infinite Exposure" which got much notice from people involved in the banking and financial security worlds. Some of the attacks predicted in that book have since come to pass. While it was not originally intended to be a trilogy, it became the first book of "The Earth That Was" trilogy:
Infinite Exposure
Lesedi - The Greatest Lie Ever Told
John Smith - Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars

When he is not consulting Roland Hughes posts about technology and sometimes politics on his blog. He also has regularly scheduled Sunday posts appearing on the Interesting Authors blog.