Comments on: Windows 10 downloader for Windows 7 and 8.1 arrives in an update https://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-downloader-windows-7-8-1-arrives-update-76339/ TheWindowsClub Tech News covers the latest Microsoft Windows 10 news, along with other products & services like Office, etc. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: GrayHat https://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-downloader-windows-7-8-1-arrives-update-76339/#comment-4923 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:23:00 +0000 http://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76339#comment-4923 Just fetched the update on a Windows 7 SP1 box and had a look at the files found inside the GWX hidden folder using a tool called resHacker (www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/) and… well, the critter seems to just be an advertising shim to nag the users to install Windows 10 and nothing more; if you’re curious, just pick the above tool and have a look at the GWX.exe stringtables (look at the 1033 ones) and version infos and you’ll see it by yourself

]]> By: Juan Figueroa https://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-downloader-windows-7-8-1-arrives-update-76339/#comment-4917 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:20:00 +0000 http://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76339#comment-4917 In reply to Dan.

Do not uninstall yet, maybe it will be needed for other things, not Win 10 only.

]]> By: Dan https://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-downloader-windows-7-8-1-arrives-update-76339/#comment-4913 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 01:16:00 +0000 http://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76339#comment-4913 Thanks for this tip…I read email off an Acer laptop w/Windows7 Home 64 bit; I went straight to System32 and there it was: the same GWX files you mentioned! It shows added “3/27/2015 at 12.32PM”, file version 6.3.9600.17738. Can this be removed?

]]> By: Juan Figueroa https://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-downloader-windows-7-8-1-arrives-update-76339/#comment-4912 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:28:00 +0000 http://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=76339#comment-4912 I don’t have that folder and Windows 7 is updated, strange.

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