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Microsoft Calls BS On Rogue Windows 10 Upgrades, Says Users Remain ‘Fully In Control’
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| Tuesday, March 15, 2016
| Brandon Hill
Posted on 03/16/2016 6:58:30 PM PDT by Utilizer
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Not certain I am willing to buy this (the "explanation"), considering how many people out there are complaining about it.
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:58:30 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
To: Utilizer
“Fully in control!” (wink, wink)
To: Utilizer
I’m still running Win 7 here....
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:59:34 PM PDT
by
TomServo
To: Utilizer
Then how come I was forced into Windows 8.1 from 8.0 out of the blue one day? Did I imagine that?
To: Utilizer
Running XP, but it only shows me stories where Trump is beating the tar out of everyone else.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:02:07 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Utilizer
I call BS on their calling BS. It happened to me - with a virtual machine no less. I had a Win-7 machine for testing and left it running (I usually shut them down after using them to save system resources).
I came back on Monday morning and found a Win-10 machine waiting for me. I can’t get it to activate but I kept it for other tests.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:04:14 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: dayglored
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:05:16 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I keep Win 10 in a locked VirtualBox..
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:06:31 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Utilizer
I call BS on MS’s claim of BS. I was running 8 just fine then all of a sudden last week, I got a notice that Windows 10 upgrade was installing. Not a happy camper.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:06:40 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Bible Scholars, Theologians and Evangelicals for Trump)
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To: TomServo
XP at home, 7 at work.
We’re forbidden to “upgrade” to Win 10 at work.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:13:47 PM PDT
by
null and void
(This is "They live", and most people would rather fight you than put on the glasses...)
To: Utilizer
I've had no problem with Windows 10 actually installing on my Windows 7 machine; but that's because every Patch Tuesday I go through the "important" updates with a fine-tooth comb and "hide" the ones with the Windows 10 adware. Of course, they only stay hidden for a month and then they have to be re-hidden again, and again, and again.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:17:00 PM PDT
by
snarkpup
(I want a government small enough that my main concern in life doesn't need to be who's running it.)
To: TomServo
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:18:23 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
To: rockrr
Quite a few people it seems are experiencing Sudden-Win10-Upgrade experiences. Is microsoft really attempting to claim that they are all suffering from the same delusion? Then why do so many report identical experiences?
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:20:42 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
To: Utilizer
This happened to me as well. Also happened to a friend at work. I managed to stop it before the installation was complete. They could not and now their computer is running horribly.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:21:16 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
(Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
To: lee martell
This happened to me. After months of Microsoft “Would you like to upgrade now?” queries I returned to my computer one day to find Windows 10 installed without my approval. I was livid of course and immediatley began checking to see if my third party softwares were still installed and functional. Surprisingly almost everything was still there and working though I havent been able to get my Microsoft Office 2013 programs to work. Jerks.
To: Utilizer
I had six Windows 7 PCs in my office. I upgraded one PC to Windows 10 a couple of months ago to try it out before upgrading the others. Two of my PCs upgraded themselves last week. No chance to opt out.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:25:19 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: Utilizer
I'll have to somewhat disagree. A couple of weeks ago I received a notice from Microsoft that Windows 10 would be installed on my PC. I only had the choice of immediate, or overnight. No other options were offered. I have a virtual machine loaded on the PC for running AutoCAD in Windows XP, and this will not work with Windows 10, so I needed to stop the installation.
I finally advanced to the second screen and studied it carefully. It only had a dozen, or so , words on it so it wasn't difficult to see everything. I finally found an obscurely worded link (that wasn't highlighted as a link) that stopped the download. I was clearly being coerced into downloading Windows 10.
For various reasons, I use a dozen, or so, PCs and plan to convert before I have to pay for it. I have already converted a couple, and generally like Win 10, though the required memorizing of new places to find old features is aggravating. I plan to keep an XP box to run AutoCAD. I have yet to find a necessary feature on their email client, and that's what's slowing me down.
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posted on
03/16/2016 7:28:32 PM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
To: Utilizer
This is a case for the X-Files. Now that their back Moulder and Skully will be on the case!
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