Windows 10: What You Need to Know

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

.......... That is exactly how the GWX debacle panned out. I've installed GWX Control Panel on ten computers in the past two weeks and have appointments for five more. The holdouts are gettin' religion after Windows 10 really did rear its ugly head against their wil

One of these had a visit from their daughter, who was using his computer one morning and the malware popup said "Do you want to upgrade to Windows 10 now or tonight?" Those are the only two options. She didn't realize she could click on the red x in the upper right corner to close the phishing scam, so she pushed the button for upgrade tonight. The owner didn't use his computer until the next morning and guess what? Merry Christmas sucker. Sucks to be you from your friends at Microsoft.
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Yikes! I just purchased a relatively inexpensive (new) HP laptop online with Win 7 Professional 64 bit and SP1 already on it. (they are harder and harder to find )

Right now it is charging, not connected to the internet, and I haven't even turned it on.

My plan is to do the 'first boot', register it... sign in, and immediately disable automatic updates. I should enable the basic firewall too.

Next I'd like to uninstall the - what is it now(?) dirty 12 KB's - if they are installed. I am hoping that the 'Update to Win 10' nag isn't already in the task bar.... arrgh this is scary.

Any advice on how I should proceed? I'm actually afraid to turn it on or do anything until I have some advice... So, I'd really appreciate help on the correct order of steps I should take to do this right, so I don't get tricked into 'accidentally' installing Win 10 please.

Any info could also help other people in the same situation - which is why I posted in this Thread.