So, you didn’t notice this Microsoft-induced headache?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/15/microsoft_sneaky_about_pushing_windows_10/
Wanna bet a large number of people had their computes upgrade after that prompt? Read the comments to hear of people’s horror stories. At least MS is giving hundreds of hours of Windows 10 undo tech work to your local dealers.
Then, ya got to love this:
“Then early next year, Windows 10 will become a free “recommended” update – meaning it will be immediately downloaded by any PC or device that automatically installs “important” and “recommended” updates.”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/30/windows_10_updates/
Wanna bet that causes a lot of grief, too?
VanDeKoik, you strike me as that cute little devil that posts itself on the should of an innocent person, just egging them onto their doom.
Very much so. Most of my machines run XP. I only have one laptop running Windows 7, and I don't use it much. When I do, it annoys the crap out of me that this pop-up which I didn't ask for, keeps showing up.
"'Then early next year, Windows 10 will become a free "recommended" update " meaning it will be immediately downloaded by any PC or device that automatically installs "important" and "recommended" updates."
I've seen stories about that. They are really trying to force this down people's throats. Have you seen the reports to the effect that Microsoft is really moving towards "rent seeking"? That they are going to "rent" you your operating system. That this is their intent with all this Windows 10 crap?
Everybody wants to get paid for what they own, and not for the work they contribute to society. This is how the Aristocracy started. Indeed, the modern Corporate world very much fancies themselves as a "better than thou" Aristocracy.
They are Liberal, secular, eugenic, and nowadays downright evil.
SHHHHHHHHH!!!
THESE PEOPLE DO NOT EXIST! BE QUIET OR I WILL CALL YOU A POOPYHEAD!!
i dont care about these posts i get pinged on all the windows threads and i only respond to .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005% of them NOW SHUTS UP YOU STUPID PERSON YOU ARE MAKING ME SOOOOOOOOOOOO ANGRY WITH YOUR TALKING BAD ABOUT AN OPERATING SYSTEM that i really dont care about i really dont RAWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
LOL!
So, VanDeKoik, how many of your tech illiterate friends would have thought they HAD to upgrade, either “now” or “tonight?” It’s their own fault, you might say, but having your copy of Windows seemingly force you to make a choice, would you not say Microsoft was being a “bad apple?” That prompt choice really put a nail in Microsoft’s reputation, in my book. It’s worse than malware, because your computer gets completely redone, and may come back not working.
Oh, and what about making Windows 10 install automatically via Automatic Updates? After telling my customers and coworkers for years to have updates set to that (for all who can’t be assured of staying up on every little patch), my old advice would make their computers go through the upgrade.
Oh, and that’s not all. Microsoft has been extremely obtuse with their updates, often providing such general information about a patch that you really can’t know what it is.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/microsoft_will_explain_only_significant_windows_10_updates/
VanDeKoik, you may think all of this cr@p is an excellent thing, but the rest of us see this in a very different, dare I say, much more informed and intelligent, light.
Eat that.