[Utilizer]

Not certain I am willing to buy this (the "explanation"), considering how many people out there are complaining about it.

[lee martell]

“Fully in control!” (wink, wink)

[TomServo]

I’m still running Win 7 here....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Then how come I was forced into Windows 8.1 from 8.0 out of the blue one day? Did I imagine that?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Running XP, but it only shows me stories where Trump is beating the tar out of everyone else.

[rockrr]

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.

[Utilizer]

Ping!

[reaganaut]

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.

[snarkpup]

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.

[icwhatudo]

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.

[Bubba_Leroy]

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.

[norwaypinesavage]

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.

[Blue Highway]

This is a case for the X-Files. Now that their back Moulder and Skully will be on the case!

[r_barton]

Windows 10. Are you using it, or is Microsoft using you? ;-)

[r_barton]

Microsoft should start offering Windows 10 users the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 10. Now that would be funny.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Satya Nadella,

"You should put some ice on that."

[Chode]

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

[Varsity Flight]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[contrarian]

I have my home computer set up so that I only access the internet through a guest account which does not have any rights to install programs. If I need to go Admin I do it briefly and then go back to the guest account. Last count I have seen 15 attempts to upgrade unsuccessfully. Upgrade to Windows 10 Home Installation date: ‎9/‎8/‎2015 6:06 PM Installation status: Failed Error details: Code 80240020 Update type: Important Install the next version of Windows. More information: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=507415 Help and Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=507417

[TChad]

I think they are being honest. Microsoft didn't intend for this to happen. It's just another Windows Update bug.

Never ascribe to malice etc.

[tumblindice]

Has anyone else gotten phone calls from Indians in a PhD ne tank with heavy accents claiming to represent Windows, warning you that they have “received signals malware may have been put on your computer”? They called several times. I finally put them on call screening.
After telling them to go urinate up a snake rope.