> That little Windows 10 logo currently sitting in the taskbar
You can get rid of it but there's no guarantee that another update 'to resolve issues in windows' will not make it magically reappear and soon enough it will be bundled with something you actually need.
For those who haven't found the fix: remove update KB3035583 (and then hide it) if you have no faith that your older apps will keep working in this new sparkly 'organic ever-changing mess' (as another commentard succinctly put it).
Win7 has its annoyances but my stuff is currently working and I'd rather not take the chance of having to spend some quality weeks un-fcking it all.