Microsoft secretly downloads files Windows 10, Windows 7 and 8. How to fight it

It was learned that Microsoft is using the update service downloads the installation files, even on those computers with Windows 7 and 8, the owners are not going to update their system. In this article you will learn how to get rid of this intrusive service.

As you probably noticed in Microsoft chose a fairly aggressive tactics to promote their new operating system. Pop-ups and reminders continually offer to book and to install Windows 10. But even if you're never going to do it, all the necessary files for the installation of "ten" most likely already on your hard drive.

In company confirmedThat preloading Windows 10 on computers running Windows 7 and 8 is really happening in the hidden mode in the form of regular updates with nothing to speak numbers. To verify this, just look for the directory on the hard drive $ Windows. ~ BT. If its size is between 3.5 and 6 GB, then your computer is infected with Windows 10. If not, then in the near future this will happen due to the updating.

Delete the downloaded files and wean the operating system from such behavior is not difficult. Below you will find a detailed step by step guide how to do it.

1. Open the "Start" menu and enter the search string "Programs and Features".
2. In the "Programs and Features" in the left panel, locate the link "View installed updates".
3. In the resulting list of updates, locate elements with the following numbers:
   - For Windows 7 - 3035583, 2952664, 3021917;
   - For Windows 8 - 3035583, 2976978.
4. Click each of these updates, and then click "Remove."
5. Restart your computer after you have removed all these updates.

Once you will make these activities, you must make sure to update remote contact could not be established again. To do this, follow these steps.

1. Locate the "Start" menu system utility "Update Windows».
2. In the left pane, click the link "Check for Updates". As a result, you will be prompted to install the same updates that you just removed.
3. Click an item with the numbers that we have cited above, and select "Hide update".

This procedure will help you to save gigabytes of hard disk space and a lot of traffic, which is spent downloading you do not need the update. Please note that if in the future you may want to still upgrade to Windows 10, you will have to again unlock the installation of these updates.

What do you think about such a cavalier behavior of Microsoft?

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