Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 05:31:37PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:27:14 + > David Harrison wrote: > > > On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > > I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and > > > then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GW

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:03:07 -0400 "Steven W. Scott" wrote: > Hey David, > > You can find the source and executable here --> > https://github.com/nekarkedoc/GWX/ > > I had debated on putting it up there in the first place, since I > could find no suitable existing project. > > Thanks Klau

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-20 Thread Klaus Hartnegg
On 16.03.2016 at 17:27 David Harrison wrote: On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and c\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX\GWX.exe with my NOP code. Would it be possible to shar

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:27:14 + David Harrison wrote: > On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and > > then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and > > c\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX\GWX.exe with my NOP code. >

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-19 Thread David Harrison
On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and c\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX\GWX.exe with my NOP code. Would it be possible to share that .exe off-list? It would come in very h

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:30:57 +0100 Klaus Hartnegg wrote: > On 16.03.2016 at 17:27 David Harrison wrote: > > On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: > >> I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and > >> then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and > >>

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 16 Mar 15:21 -0500, Daniel Reurich wrote: > You can uninstall and hide (to prevent from reinstalling) a couple of > updates to get rid of the nags permanently. And "they" say Linux is too hard to use! ;-) - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible wo

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-19 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 17/03/16 05:27, David Harrison wrote: > On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: >> I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and then >> replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and >> c\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX\GWX.exe >> with my NOP code. > > Would it be possib

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-19 Thread Steven W. Scott
Hey David, You can find the source and executable here --> https://github.com/nekarkedoc/GWX/ I had debated on putting it up there in the first place, since I could find no suitable existing project. Thanks Klaus for those keys, I may find use for them. The fact that a common user would hav

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-15 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
At this point, if they are so insistent on getting everyone over to win 10, they've be better off to just declare it to be a "service pack" to Windows 7. It would be less toxic to their reputation than the underhanded shit they are doing.now. On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:29 PM Steven W. Scott wrote:

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-15 Thread Steven W. Scott
I made the mistake of upgrading to 10, and it breaks all broadcom BT. It appears they simply chose not to support any Broadcom BT devices in Win 10. I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and c\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX\GWX.exe w

Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-15 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/03/2016 14:10, Mitt Green a écrit : https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4a0asv/warning_windows_7_computers_are_being_reported_as/ This happened to my son last summer. 2 or 3 weeks after that, windows10 refused to boot anymore. Therefore the laptop became available to insta

[DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission

2016-03-15 Thread Mitt Green
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4a0asv/warning_windows_7_computers_are_being_reported_as/ There is strong language in the comment section. Some report, the upgrade breaks bootloaders. Mitt ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://ma