Also, Microsoft’s Windows 10 push will start getting more vigorous as it will be giving upgrade notifications as a recommended upgrade which means they will become virtually mandatory. Now you have a surefire way of stopping these notifications as well as stopping your Windows 7/8.1 PC/laptop from upgrading to Windows 10. And this comes straight from Microsoft. Microsoft even has an official tutorial explaining how to do it. The tutorial involves a little bit of hacking registry keys which are simple that even a noob can do it.
Follow the following steps to turn of notifications/stop Windows 10 accidental upgrade :
If you want to set up a policy not to download the update, Microsoft has made software updates available for download that will do this automatically for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 that are here, and for Windows 8 and above, as well as Server 2012 R2 here. The upgrade notifications are expected to end in July when Microsoft ceases its free upgrade to Windows 10 policy for Windows 7/8.1 users. We would also remind our readers that you have until July to make up your mind about upgrading to Windows 10 after which it will cost you $199 to upgrade. So it may be worthwhile to get your PC/laptop upgraded to Windows 10 for free while you can.
