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Originally Posted by PatNY
Are you sure it's a separate service? I don't think it is. I think it's part of Windows Update which runs all the time anyway. It's just a separate notification of Windows Update. Regardless, I could find no separate service associated with W10 consuming any significant resources in my Task Manager. Additionally, I just posted a link to TWO methods to disable the notification permanently without having to uninstall the update.
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Windows 10 will install through Windows Update. The Get Windows 10 systray icon comes from the Get Windows 10 advertisement service. Hence why it can be disabled. So yes, they are separate.
I didn't notice your other post, we cross-posted.
Do note that your link really describes three options, one of which is triggered via a REG file or manually.
You can hide the icon from the systray.
You can block the service at startup.
You can uninstall the files.
Keep in mind that you should be able to manually install Windows 10 even without reserving a copy, and Windows Update will likely offer the upgrade after reserving it, even if you subsequently uninstall GWX.
Granted the service doesn't consume "significant resources"... once again, that isn't the point. These things add up, and why waste even one cycle that is totally unnecessary?
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That is incorrect. Someone in a previous post in this thread did make a big issue of having to pay for the privilege of playing DVDs in later versions of Windows including W10 via a third-party app or codec. You do not have to if you download the free VLC. My post had nothing to do with WMC per se.
--Pat
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I know it was mentioned. I am having a hard time finding anyone who was actually bothered...
Unlike the removal of WMC, which did bother people.