The tempest-in-a-teapot uproar seems to be because Microsoft isn't telling users the truth about what the update does. That naturally makes people suspicious. Yeah, it's sorta sneaky...
The article makes it sound like this is a bad thing -- frankly I'm not sure it is. After all, the Windows 10 upgrade is free for all the Win7 and Win8.x users that this nagware is going to annoy, so what's the big deal?
I am currently taking the position that it's within the bounds of allowable nagging, if perhaps not in the best of taste since it's not being described honestly.
I'm curious what other FReepers think, so have at it...
It may be something else: it provides the “hooks” to do the Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgrade for more safely without losing apps or user data. I believe Apple has done this before in the past with MacOS X versions.
This is just nagware. They’re going to put a tile on your Start screen to keep you up to date on Windows 10. When 10 goes retail, they’ll start pushing users to upgrade to 10.
The problem I have with this is that Windows 10 is going to force users “into the cloud.” There are going to be some interesting back-channel changes with 10 that even I, as an MCP, are unsure I like. Microsoft needs to understand that not everyone wants to be connected to the cloud. That WILL be a deal breaker for me with MS desktop OS.
It’s fine with me.
It is a rare bird that will be annoyed by this, or even know about it.
Well, it pales in comparison to the firmware that came with my Brother printer.
In addition to the driver and some enhanced features, I now get annoying daily pop-up ads enticing me to buy Dragon and other products from the code’s author, Nuance Software.
And if I am in the middle of a document or some other activity the machine will grind to an immediate halt until I click out of that ad with a “no”. Damned annoying!
OK- FReeper with tech super skills— I’ve had it with this windows crap of patch patch BS and continual forced upgrades.
How to do I get free of windows? (Not “get a Mac”- I know that route). Do I convert opsystem to Linux? If so how to do that.
Truly- can’t stand bill gates or his spawn. The apple cores are as looney or more so and more expensive as such.
Need compatible with windows apps, but NOT windows. Help if you would. Thank you, and Happy Easter.
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No sign of that anywhere on my Win-7, SP-1 machines.
MalwareBytes grabs all the PUPs.
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“After all, the Windows 10 upgrade is free for all the Win7 and Win8.x users that this nagware is going to annoy, so what’s the big deal?”
Long before the computer age, my father told me - and I have not forgotten - that there is no free lunch. I got something free once but had to have penicillin shots afterward.
I’ve removed this from my Microsoft Updates and told my offspring not to download it either.
Can I upgrade with only two gigs of ram; would it use virtual memory?
I’m on Excede satellite internet with 27 gig per month. It’s un-metered between midnight and 5 am. So I don’t need to have a 7 Gig download happen in the middle of the day.
Also, I’ll do a fresh install from DVD media but not an upgrade.