[TorqueDog]

The PCWorld article repeats something I already explained. If you are already being presented a time and date, the upgrade has been agreed to and scheduled. Clicking the red X is to dismiss what is an informational window. It is not asking you "Yes" or "No", it is saying "Here's what's going to happen, click to change the upgrade schedule or cancel, or you can just do it now".

If you get a window without a time or date, then either you opted-in and it's still downloading (check for the $Windows.~BT folder) or you haven't opted-in.


The required registry key that enables WU to download the Upgrade, as shown above, does not change on its own. The GWX application changes is upon acceptance of a) a reservation of Windows 10, b) a click of the 'Upgrade now' button, or c) the 'Start download, upgrade later' button.

If you already did one of those three things, you will be presented with a time and date for your upgrade to occur, and you need to cancel by clicking on the "Click here to change upgrade schedule or cancel scheduled upgrade".

Again, you're more than welcome to see how the app works for yourself. Boot a VM, run ProcMon and try it if you think I'm wrong. It takes ~15 minutes to set up the VM, and you can leave it running as long as you want. If you don't tell it you want Windows 10, you'll never be upgraded. I've been running this test since March. The VM has run 24/7, only restarting when my machine restarts or updates itself with a new Insider build, and it's set to automatically power on at boot. Updates are automatic, automatic recommended updates are turned on. It still runs Windows 7.