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From: mailto:ui-view@...
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 1:13 PM
To: Stephen Smith
Subject: [UI-View] Before You Install Windows 10 (Or even if you don't
want to) Read This

As most of you know, Microsoft is currently engaged in an unprecedented
hard-sell campaign to push rapid adoption of Windows 10 by existing
users of
Win 7 and 8.This includes a series of nagware popups urging you to
“Get Windows
10” being stealth installed on Window 7 and 8 devices in the guise of
bug fixes
and security updates by Windows Update.

1)Win 10 is the last discrete version of Windows ever. From now on
out, it
will be continually and endlessly changing with silent FORCED updates
without
your consent or knowledge.

Unlike previous versions of Windows, where Window Update would present
a list
of patches and let you pick and choose which ones to apply, Win 10 just
silently forces changes into your system. This would be great --IF-- MS
didn't have such a horrible record of botched updates. In just the
FIRST week
of Win 10 release, there have been three major screwups that have bricked
just-installed Win 10 installations. One driver update for certain
video chips
locked machines into endless reboots, and one totally killed many
machines
rendering them unable to boot at all.

This continual unannounced changing of Win 10 means you are dealing
with an
endlessly moving unknown target. Just because programs and device drivers
worked today, there is no assurance they will work tomorrow, next week
or next
month, due to the endless stealth updates. This is going to be especially
significant with ham software because much of it hasn't changed
significantly
since the XP era of the mid-to late 2000's. Sooner or later some
secret update
will start breaking these elderly programs, with no recourse to
uninstall the
offending patch (if you can even identify it).

2)Win 10 has escalated invasion of privacy to an unprecedented level.
Win 10
is far more "cloud-oriented" than previous versions of Windows. As
part of
this, it's embedded "telemetry" reports practically everything you do,
every
program you run, every file you open back to the MS mother ship for
analysis
and marketing purposes. It shares your WiFi passwords with friends on
your
contact list. It contains hooks to pop up ads in the middle of LOCALLY
RUNNING
programs. It attempts to default file saves of local programs to
Microsoft's
cloud, rather than to your own hard disk. It tries to thwart downloads of
browsers other than Edge;i.e. that can run adblocker and popup-blocker
plug-ins. It ignores entries in the Windows HOSTS file aimed at blocking
unwanted communications to specific URLs.MS has taken it upon itself
to scan
your local files to determine which of your BitTorrent downloads and
installed
programs are "illegal".

3)*MS is now attempting to stealth-load the same telemetry "spyware"
into Win 7
and Win 8 systems under the guise of "important Customer Experience
Improvement” patches by Windows Update. However, at least with Win7
and 8 you
can see the list of proposed downloads BEFORE they download, and
uncheck them.
Further, there are simple third-party batch file tools that can scan and
uninstall this unwanted invasive crapware, including the "Get Windows 10"
nagware popups campaign.*)

4)MS is now stealth-downloading the ENTIRE Win 10 setup image (i.e.
multi-gigabyte DVD image) into Win 7 & 8 systems, whether or not you
asked for
it, "just in case you decide to upgrade". It's stealing gigabytes of your
disk space and blowing through wireless device data quotas.

From

<>

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(Please note this is a British IT news site and NOT the American
“狈补迟颈辞苍补濒
Enquirer” scandal sheet weekly paper):

"*Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 to your machine 'just in case*'

MICROSOFT HAS CONFIRMED that Windows 10
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is being downloaded to computers whether or not users have opted in.A
reader
has pointed out to us that, despite not having 'reserved' a copy of
Windows 10,
he had found that the ~BT folder, which has been the home of images of
the new
operating system since before rollout began, had appeared on his
system. He had
no plans to upgrade and had not put in a reservation request."

The trojan horse “patch” to Windows 7 and 8 that starts this assault
is Windows
Update

“KB3035583”a.k.a.“GWX” (Get Windows X a.k.a. Windows 10) .

The first sign you have been hit with this unwanted crapware is the
appearance
of a white Windows logo in the system tray in the lower-right corner
of the
Windows desktop on Win 7 and 8 systems.An incessant series of popups
urging you
to update will follow. You can head off this download with the following
registry entry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SOFTWARE&#92;Policies&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;GWX]

"DisableGWX"=dword:00000001

Open Notepad or another text editor.Copy/paste the three lines above
into the
blank document.Save as "NoWin10.reg” .Note that this file must have the
extension “.REG” rather than the default“.TXT”.Exit the editor.Locate
the this
file in the Windows Explorer, RIGHT-click it and choose “Merge”.After
a couple
of“Are you really sure?” type prompts, it will add this value to the
Windows
registry.

If you have already been hit with the GWX nagware and possible installs
ofWin10-style “telemetry”, you can un-install them with the following
.CMD file
(i.e. Windows version of a classic DOS “batch file”.)

Open a blank document in Windows Notepad or similar text
editor.Copy/paste the
following lines into it.Save the file as “NukeWin10.CMD” or some such.
Note the
file extension “.CMD” rather than the default“.TXT”.After the save,
locate this
file in the Windows Explorer. RIGHT-click it and “Run As
Administrator”. After
a couple of UAC "Are you sure?" prompts, a black "DOS Box" window will
open.
You will be repeatedly asked to "Hit any key to continue". Just keep
entering
<ENTER> until the black window closes; then reboot.

@ECHO off

ECHO .

ECHO This batch file removes several Windows 10-inspired

ECHO spyware a.k.a. "telemetry" components stealth-

ECHO installed into Windows 7 and 8 systems under the

ECHO guise of Windows security patches by Windows Update.

ECHO .

ECHO It also removes the "Upgrade to Windows 10 "nagware"

ECHO KB 3035583.

ECHO .

ECHO Hit ENTER to continue after each pause.

ECHO .

ECHO This batch file must be run with administator

ECHO privileges; i.e. right-click this file and

ECHO "Run As Administrator".Reboot system after final

ECHO uninstall runs and black command window closes.

ECHO .

ECHO on

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:2990214 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:2952664 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:3022345 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:3068708 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:3075249 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:3080149 /norestart

pause

wusa /uninstall /kb:3044374 /norestart

pause

ECHOLast Uninstall, Reboot Now!

Pause

After the uninstalls complete, look for the subdirectory (i.e. “folder”)
located beneath the main Windows directory called&#92;$Windows.~BT .You
will need
to have “Show Hidden Files” enabled in the Explorer to see it.If
found,delete
it and its contents.(This is the location where the stealth download
of the
entire Windows 10 installer is being placed, eating up gigabytes of
your disk
space.)

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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

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On 9/7/2015 1:02 PM, 'Stephen H. Smith' wa8lmf@... [ui-view] wrote:

1) My attempts to download the zip file were flagged as "may contain a virus
or malware" by both Panda and AVG antivirus. (Probably due to containing a .CMD
file.) I overrode and downloaded it anyway.

Turns out it was Firefox being paranoid, not the AV programs. Ironically, one
poster on the link below says Win 10's new browser Edge passed the download
without squawks....

2) The date stamps of the files inside the zip file are circa 2007 and 2009
-- i.e. long before even the first beta of Win 10 so it appears to not have
been updated for at least 5-6 years.

2) Looking at the script, it seems to be doing version checking for versions
of Windows up to Win 7 and aborts the run if it sees any version other than
"6.1"; the under-the-hood version number for Windows. (Vista was 6.0, Win 8.0
is ver 6.2 and Win 8.1 is ver 6.3.)

Info below is from Microsoft's own discussion boards at:

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There is a solution (thanks to Komeil Bahmanpour):

Go to his site:

*<>*

Download *winhlp32-windows-7-x86-x64-komeil.cab*:

*<>*

I needed a solution in order to get help working for Delphi Studio Architect on
Windows 10.
Komeil's install.cmd file didn't work as is (its pre Win10) so I simply
modified it.
Unpack the download (Install.cmd, winhlp32.exe, winhlp32.exe.mui) to a new
directory. Edit the install.cmd ,
and add the following two lines to the bottom of the '*settings*' section near
the top of the file.:

*set WindowsVersion=7*
*goto :BypassVersionError*

(yes, 'WindowsVersion=7' is correct.) Save the file and *execute as
administrator*.
All should go without error. Delphi help, and every other help file I've
tried, now works exactly as it should!

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This is essentially bypassing the version check originally in the .CMD file to
prevent users from running this thing on Win 2000 or XP.

I am going to try to clean up and repack this this script into a self-running
automated Wizard-type Windows installer (i.e. standard setup file) that SHOULD
work on any version of Win7-8-10. Since I do not have any Win 10 setups (and
have no desire to have any) , would anyone be interested in testing this thing
on Win 10 for me?

If it works, I am going to post this on my website alongside the other
downloads at: <> .

Unfortunately the Windows 8.1 version of the winhlp32 fix will not
work on windows 10. For some reason there is a different version for
every Windows version. It was the same when 7, 8 and 8.2 came out,
there was a delay before MS came up with the fix.


There is a 3rd party fix that works for W 10 however see:
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I'm trying to do a fresh install of UI-View32 on Windows 10 and all goes
well until I try to configure it. As you may remember, UI-View is designed
to open a .hlp file the first time you try to configure many settings, but
Windows 10 can' t read UI-View's .hlp files. So it sends me to a Microsoft
page that has no solution (it has .hlp readers for installation on Win 8.1
and earlier but not one for Windows 10.)

And I really need to use the UI-View help files to configure it.

Does anyone have a solution?

For example, is there a way to fool Windows 10 into opening an older .hlp
reader.

Or should I start looking at utilities that convert .hlp files to .html?
(This solution would not appear to fix the problem of UI-View being able to
open it's own .hlp files -- but at least I could get at the info in the
.hlp files.)

Ralph NM5RM
Santa Fe NM





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UI-View website:

UI-View Registration:
Select language& fill in your name and callsign. Return later
to collect your registration.

APRS Server List: To update the APRS Server List, change the
download URL to... aprs2.net/APRServe2.txt

For North American users, PMap 9 (Precision Mapping 9.0) along
with PMapServer 9 can provide street level mapping for all of North
America. They can be installed without hassle on Windows 7& 8.
PMapServer is available for download on the UI-View website.
However, Undertow Software is no longer selling new copies of
PMap 9, but existing owners can continue to use it as long as they
can get it registered.

Users of Windows Vista, 7 or 8 should not install UI-View below
Program Files. Instead, create a folder elsewhere. To view UI-View's
built-in context sensitive help file, download and install WinHlp32.exe.


Useful hints and tips about setting up and using UI-View are
available on Stephen WA8LMF's website.

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