Disable Get Even More Out of Windows

Anonymous
2020-03-25T10:06:25+00:00

Hello, I'm having a problem with this screen appearing on my computers. I want it, and anything related to halting startup disabled.

What I've tried so far is setting the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UserProfileEngagement\ScoobeSystemSettingEnabled to 0, as that was the advice I got online. Didn't work.

I've also tried unchecking the "Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occassionally when I sign in to highlight what's new and suggested" option in Settings->System->Notifications as that was supposed to help too. Didn't work.

What do I need to do to get Microsoft to stop bothering me? Preferably something with a CLI so I can automate it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-27T23:58:34+00:00

    Thanks a lot for the clear cut reply.

    I will look into how to upgrade to at least 2004.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-03T18:17:47+00:00

    I'm not a very savvy user so I'd need a much simpler solution. From what I can tell I'd need to upgrade my version from 1909 to 2004 and then uncheck the box in notifications. I'm not sure what's all required to do a version upgrade. Seems there should be another way to stop this. I don't have any other devices and don't want my stuff in the cloud.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-03T19:59:59+00:00

    OK. If the computer is on the internet:

    1. In a browser go to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
    2. Click the "Update Now" 
    3. If you are booting with a local account skip creating a Microsoft account.

    If the computer is not on the internet:

    1. Go to a computer that is and take a USB (thumb drive with you at least 8 GB).
    2. In a browser go to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
    3. Click on "Download Tool Now"
    4. Run the downloaded program 
    5. The program will download the new Windows 10 and create a bootable USB drive.
    6. Take the USB drive to the machine to be upgraded and run the setup.exe on the USB drive.
    7. The setup will upgrade the PC to Windows 20H2.

    There are lots of detailed instructions on the InterTube, one is:

    https://www.askvg.com/tip-create-bootable-usb-drive-from-windows-10-iso-using-official-tool/

    Rick

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-03T23:46:34+00:00

    Hi Rick,

    Thanks for the info. Looks like you're giving me instructions on how to update my computer to "Windows 20H2" (whatever that is). Unfortunately I'm really not comfortable with doing this.

    I'm actually interested in getting rid of the annoying "Let's finish setting up your device" that pops up at startup which seems similar to the "Get Even More Out of Windows". If you have any advice on how to do that without updating, that would be wonderful.

    Thanks,

    Andre'a

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-05T09:42:31+00:00

    Hi Andre'a-

    Sorry, that's not possible. That's what the conclusion of this thread is about: you can't disable that without updating to a more recent windows, I'm afraid. It's a real pain.

    You have 2 choices:

    1. Live with it - the "Get Even More out of Windows" will pop up once per month
    2. Update windows as Rick described. I have done this in recent weeks on 18 computers; all the updates worked flawlessly and required no interference from me. I would say it's a very safe procedure

    There is no option 3, I'm afraid. Good luck!

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