How can Win7/8 users eliminate Win10 free upgrade tips?

  

Microsoft has pushed Win10 free upgrade tips to Win7 and Win8.x users, but this tip has a small deficiency —— there is no cancel button, it has occupied my taskbar for a long time, is there any way to temporarily or Permanently cancel this Windows 10 free upgrade prompt? The answer is of course!
Is there any more stuff in your taskbar?

Win10 Free Upgrade Assistant: 3 steps to upgrade to Windows 10 for free

Permanent elimination method:

1. This Win10 upgrade notification is implemented by an upgrade patch. The patch number is: KB3035583. Just enter the control panel -- Programs and Features -- View Install the update, find the update with the code: KB3035583, click Uninstall (may need to restart).
Uninstall this patch, you can eliminate Win10 free upgrade tips

2. It should be noted that if you open Windows automatic update, it is likely to be installed again KB3035583 patch, because Microsoft will patch The level is set to "Important". So you also need to go to the Control Panel -- Windows Update -- to change the settings and modify the way Windows installs updates (as shown).
Modifying the Windows Update Update Method

3. There is also an upgrade assistant program named “GWX.exe” in the system, located at C:WindowsSystem32GWX. If you have cancelled the Win10 upgrade prompt, this app is also a chicken rib for you and can be deleted.

GWX.exe is the real body of Win10 upgrade prompt program

Temporary elimination method:

In addition to permanently eliminating Win10 upgrade prompts, we can temporarily cancel this task. The upgrade logo for the bar, the method is very simple: right task bar -- start task manager -- find GWX.exe -- end this process. You will find that the taskbar is clean.

Temporarily cancel Win10 upgrade prompt by deleting GWX.exe process

Microsoft has announced that genuine Win7 and Win8.x users can upgrade to Win10 for free on July 29, and pirated users may also Will receive the push of this Win10 upgrade prompt, but this is not a good use. Because according to Microsoft's upgrade strategy: pirated users will still stay in the "not activated" state after upgrading Win10, you must purchase the license to activate.

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