Windows 10 Upgrade Nag Screen

I’ve seen lots of guides on how to remove this GWX app and most of them are incomplete or overkill, so I’ve made a short tutorial myself.

GWX

There are at the time of writing a total of 6 Windows “Updates” that are directly related to the “Upgrade” to Windows 10.

All of these can safely be uninstalled, ignored, hidden and forgotten. (unless you want Windows 10)

Name	Description
KB3035583	Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1
KB2952664	Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7
KB3021917	Windows 10 Performance Checker for Windows 7 SP1
KB3068708	Diagnostic and Telemetry service update
KB3075249	This update adds telemetry points to the User Account Control (UAC) feature to collect information on elevations that come from low integrity levels.
KB3080149	Updates the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service

1. First, you’ll have to temporarily deactivate the automatic installation of updates.
– Go to Windows Update, and click “Change Settings” in the task pane (to the left).
– Under the “Important updates”, select “Check for updates, but let me choose wether to download or install them”.
– Click OK, and enter admin credentials if prompted to do so.

2. Then, remove the updates related to the “Upgrade”.
– Go back to Windows Update, and click “Installed Updates” in the bottom of the Task Pane.
– For each update, do the following:
* Copy and paste the name of update into the search box.
* Right click the update when it shows up.
* Click uninstall.
* select Reboot Later.

3. Let Windows Update look for updates.
– Go back to Windows Update, and click “Check for updates” in the task pane.
– When Windows update tells you there are available updates, click to see which are available.
– Uncheck all updates
– Right click each of the ones you just uninstalled and select “Hide update”.

4. Reboot your computer.

5. Re-Activate automatic updates.
– Go to Windows Update, and click “Change Settings” in the task pane.
– Under the “Important updates”, select “Install updates automaticly (recommended)”.
– Click OK, and enter admin credentials if prompted to do so.

Enjoy your Windows 7 until support ends in 2020 🙂