topic Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now? in Electronics

Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

qualityshopper — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:37:31 GMT

Just wondering if it's safe to uninstall the GWX control panel now that Microsoft has ended its free Windows 10 update campaign. Don't think I need it now, but looking for opinions from others--in particular, gokat, who thoughtfully recommended it in the first place. Thanks.

Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

Jordan2 — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 13:06:08 GMT

@qualityshopper wrote:
Just wondering if it's safe to uninstall the GWX control panel now that Microsoft has ended its free Windows 10 update campaign. Don't think I need it now, but looking for opinions from others--in particular, gokat, who thoughtfully recommended it in the first place. Thanks.

@qualityshopper I'm not tech savvy so I can't advise you on whether you should uninstall or not. What I can say is after a nightmare 2 weeks getting my Windows 7 straightened out (thank you gokat) it's working well and I'm not going to mess with it now, I'll be keeping the GWX control panel for now.

Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

Gokat — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 14:11:04 GMT

@qualityshopper and @Jordan2

Hi ladies!

My thought on this is that personally I'm going to wait awhile and check ongoing feedback online to be sure the July 29th date is still good and won't be amended by MS.

There's a thread active right now here reporting a forced update this last week.

GWX Control Panel doesn't interfere with my computer activities in any way so I'm not in a rush. HTH's

Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

chickenbutt — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:01:01 GMT

I'm with Gokat! I think 'wait and see' is the best path for now, at least.

Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

qualityshopper — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 02:21:15 GMT

Thanks everyone. Guess I'll wait a little while, too. With how aggressively MS has been pushing their update on everyone, won't hurt to wait and be sure there's nothing to worry about.

Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

cowboy sam — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:50:17 GMT

@Gokat

thank you for keeping us updated and our computers healthy .

And for answering our questions and concerns.

Re: Safe to uninstall GWX control panel now?

chickenbutt — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 20:10:33 GMT

cowboy sam wrote:
@Gokat

thank you for keeping us updated and our computers healthy .

And for answering our questions and concerns.

Gokat has been monumentally helpful with all these Win10 debaucle issues. I hope that Gokat knows how much that so many of us appreciaate that.