{"id":917,"date":"2016-06-30T22:50:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T20:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=917"},"modified":"2023-06-03T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T14:41:32","slug":"update-kb3173040-end-of-free-upgrade-offer-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/06\/30\/update-kb3173040-end-of-free-upgrade-offer-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"Update KB3173040 &#8211; end of free upgrade offer notification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Update\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Windows Update\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Update.jpg\" width=\"40\" align=\"left\" height=\"40\">Microsoft is distributing a new update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. Update Update KB3173040 notifies about the end of free upgrade to Windows 10. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3173040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB3173040<\/a> (Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1 end of free upgrade offer notification) adds another nag screen to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 systems that hasn't been upgraded to Windows 10. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200516231220\/https:\/\/d51.imgup.net\/KB31730408c88.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>It's a full-screen notification that appear on the computer and interrupts your work. It seems, Microsoft is fishing for bad comments and went \"to far\" again. Just think of a traffic control panel that suddenly display such a nag screen. Or remember the incident during weather broadcast discussed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2016\/04\/28\/windows_10_live_tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Nevertheless, the above nag screen gladly doesn't show, if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you are working with Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP<\/li>\n<li>you are using a Linux machine or a Mac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beside these nag ware free zones, there are other circumstances, where the nag screen will be hidden. According to Microsoft's KB article, it's if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have a recent version of the \"Get Windows 10\" app installed.\n<li>You have selected the <strong>Do not notify me again<\/strong> option.\n<li>Your computer is detected to be incompatible with Windows 10.\n<li>You have previously uninstalled Windows 10 after you upgrade.\n<li>Your Windows 10 installation failed and rolled back.\n<li>You have hidden the \"Get Windows 10\" app notifications.\n<li>You have disabled the Windows 10 upgrade or you have disabled the offer screen through registry key settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My recommendation: If you don't intend to upgrade to Windows 10, hide this update and block Windows 10 upgrade with tools mentioned in the link list below. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar articles:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/06\/03\/insides-about-the-windows-10-cant-avoid-upgrade-offer\/\">Insides about the \"can't avoid Windows 10 upgrade offer\"<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/12\/17\/windows-10-upgrade-legal-action-against-microsoft-germany\/\">Windows 10 Upgrade: Legal action against Microsoft Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/10\/24\/block-windows-10-upgrade-using-gwx-control-panel\/\">Block Windows 10 Upgrade using GWX Control Panel<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/12\/17\/windows-10-upgrade-legal-action-against-microsoft-germany\/\">Windows 10 Upgrade: Legal action against Microsoft Germany<\/a><br \/>Windows 10: Microsoft add QR code to BlueScreen<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/03\/23\/windows-10-v-1511-servicing-stack-update-kb3140741\/\">Windows 10 V 1511: Servicing Stack Update KB3140741<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is distributing a new update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. 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