[curiousgal]

https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

[dghughes]

>Never10 does NOT prevent the installation of Windows updates, including the infamous Get Windows 10 (GWX) update KB3035583. Never10 simply employs Microsoft's documented and sanctioned configuration settings to instruct it NOT to change the installed version of Windows.

That would not have helped in this situation OP stated what hurt them was the huge amount bandwidth (6GB) used on an account where they pay per MB.

[Veratyr]

What it actually does [0] is set group policy according to the Microsoft specified methods [1]. It would have helped in this situation as not only would Windows not have downloaded the update in the first place, it would have deleted it had it already been somehow downloaded.

[0]: https://www.grc.com/never10/details.htm

[1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3080351

[trhway]

exactly - either forced upgrade or downloading and running some utility from a site/company i see for the first time and have never heard about :)

[morganvachon]

Steve Gibson is one of the most trusted developers of the past few decades. His SpinRite software is a life saver.

Please read about him before dismissing him out of hand because you've not heard of him. There's more to the world than what's inside your box.

[TillE]

Steve Gibson is a little strange, but he's trustworthy.

[xufi]

Yep, I have to say the second I heard about GRC and discovered the software he made such as SpinRIte for HDD"s I was hooked

[curiousgal]

You can check the technical details https://www.grc.com/never10/details.htm

It basically does what Microsoft would do in order to keep Windows from upgrading.