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We have had a few calls about machines automatically updating to Windows 10. Some people are happy to use it, other people want to stick with what they know. Whatever works for you! There isn’t much out there that lets you stop this happening but we’ve done a load of digging and testing and the below programme is just the trick.

Never 10 is a new freeware tool which aims to prevent Windows 7 and Windows 8.x systems from automatically updating to Windows 10. Sounds like a host of other recent update-blockers, we thought — but no. It’s more interesting than that.

Never 10 is also relatively safe to use. Unlike some of the competition, it doesn’t disable services, delete files or folders, remove or block Windows updates, or otherwise mess with your system. Instead, the program acts as a simple front end to Microsoft’s official “don’t force-upgrade this PC” Registry setting. This makes normal operations very straightforward.

Run the program, it’ll tell you Windows 10 updating is enabled, so you hit “Disable”. If you want to update later, run the program again, it’ll tell you updating is disabled, and you click “Enable”.
The one small complication is that this setting only works with the latest version of Windows Update. If you don’t have this, Never 10 offers to download and install it for you. After you’ve done that, you’re able to disable/ enable Windows 10 upgrades as we’ve described.

This isn’t going to remove every trace of the Windows update mechanism. You may still have the GWX process running, a system tray icon, other fragments here and there. But Never 10 should still prevent auto-updates to Windows 10, and without the risks you have with similar programs, which is good enough for us.

Never 10 is a freeware application for Windows 7 and 8.

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Here is the download for Never 10

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What to do if you don’t want Windows 10 on your machine?

Never 10 is a new freeware tool which aims to prevent Windows 7 and Windows 8.x systems from automatically updating to Windows 10. Sounds like a host of other recent update-blockers, we thought — but no. It’s more interesting than that.