Four ways to close the win10 upgrade prompt icon

A lot of win7 system users recently received an icon prompt similar to the following picture, although it is a free upgrade. I don't want to see how this icon breaks every day. Just a small partner who finds a computer that is just right is also having this problem. In fact, it is very simple to disable this. It is good to find this program or the patch is disabled.

Method 1: Temporary exit

1. Find the update prompt process

Because it is A new thing, then there will definitely be in the process. Look carefully to find GWX.exe as summer is right, this is the process of the update.

2. Use the administrator rights account to directly select and end the process. As shown in the figure

3, return to view the icon in the lower right corner, the updated program is no longer

Method 2: Disable the prohibition update program

1 Of course, the above method is only temporarily closed, and the annoying prompt will appear again after restarting or logging in to the system. The directory location of GWX is located in the system disk (C:\\windows\\system32\\GWX directory)

2, replace the update folder

directly rename the GWX folder, use one Empty read-only folder replacement (note that it is not deleted, otherwise there will be files in)

3, replace the update program file

We can put a few below the folder The application directly replaces the empty file with

Method 3: Uninstall the update win10 patch

1, uninstall the patch

This program appears to be a patch installed by windows. The program is executed, we only need to uninstall that patch. Open and start running --- Enter appwiz.cpl

2, find the control panel program and function tab, click [View Installed Updates] as shown in

3, search to find updated win10 patch

There are many updates here, we can not find one by one. Search for kb303558 by typing in the upper right corner. Right click [Uninstall]

4. After uninstalling the update patch, it is best to restart the operating system.

Method 4: Turn off the Windows Update Service

1. Disable the Windows Update Service

I just said that the uninstallation patch, the update program is gone. But if the windows automatic update is enabled, it will automatically install the patch. How to disable or disable the windwos update service to completely reject it

2. Open the service console interface and find the [windows update] service. It is automatically started, find the attribute to edit

3, change to manual and stop as needed. Or manually --- disable, so the system will not automatically update.