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Remove/disable GWX

I'm plenty excited to install Windows 10 when it is released. I have the technical preview installed on other systems. I reserved the download for this one.

And now I need the GWX icon spam to go away.

At minimum, remember that I neither want the icon nor notifications showing up. I don't like my system tray being hijacked everytime I restart my computer. (Not thrilled about GWX being plastered in windows update either, but that's somewhat easier to cope with)

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Nope, no registry changes necessary.  After you uninstall it, run Windows Update, check for updates, and then right-click and "hide update" on that one so it won't get applied again.
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Last updated June 26, 2020 Views 24,005 Applies to: