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What gives with the new icon on my computer?

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  1. Loon

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    Just looked down on the screen Sav and found it on my pute???? Not touching it.:whistle:


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    Computers are the devil!
     
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    I saw this thread on my tablet and thought, maybe some folks here had malware, but nope, ive got this "reserve windows 10" icon in my task bar on my laptop. papadave -good advice

    Also, when I turned on my laptop, the screen on the desktop (windows 8) adjusted and all the icons got a little bigger.

    I changed the update settings, but still have the windows icon on my taskbar. Anyone know how to get rid of it?
     
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  4. papadave

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    You could turn off Windows Update altogether, but it'll come back on if you reboot (may be a way to keep it off, but I wouldn't suggest it).
    Make those update adjustments I mentioned, and it'll just sit there and occasionally remind you of any updates available. It won't do anything unless you tell it to........if you make that adjustment (which you've already done).
    By default, update is set to automatically dl and install stuff. When I can no longer make an adjustment to that setting is the day I quit using Windows.
     
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    You should be able to get rid of it but when I just tried (right click on icon) it does not give that option to unpin it. Hum.... Will have to play around with it later.
     
    Backwoods Savage, Jun 6, 2015
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