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1 posted on 05/23/2016 9:37:39 AM PDT by george76
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I had Windows 7 and upgraded to 10 and I am not looking back.


2 posted on 05/23/2016 9:39:56 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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I installed Linux and I got a popup saying my Windows 10 upgrade was ready. (Just kidding.) ;-)


3 posted on 05/23/2016 9:40:22 AM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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I’ve installed Never 10.

I don’t see Microsoft nagware urging me to upgrade.


4 posted on 05/23/2016 9:42:06 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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I walked away from my computer for a few minutes, and when I came back Windows 10 was being installed.


6 posted on 05/23/2016 9:43:46 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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Using a Virtual Box clone of your proper setup of win7 allows a quick delete if win10 strikes and a reclone of the proper setup. 5 min., max.


7 posted on 05/23/2016 9:43:47 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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It just did it to me.

Apparently it says, if you don’t want to upgrade click here, or something.

If one is not in front of the machine to see the alert, it thus upgrades without your consent.


8 posted on 05/23/2016 9:44:39 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Ping


9 posted on 05/23/2016 9:45:44 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Obama said, “If you like your Windows 7 operating system, you can keep your Windows 7 operating system.” ;-) Or was that Bill Gates?


10 posted on 05/23/2016 9:47:09 AM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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MS needs to be hauled into court in a class-action suit.


12 posted on 05/23/2016 9:48:17 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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My wife had the same thing happen today as she was trying to get work done - see was PO’d at Microsoft - very deceptive.


14 posted on 05/23/2016 9:49:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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I use a utility program named GWX Control Panel from the Ultimate Outsider website. It helps make sure that Windows does not get you into Windows 10 when you do not want to.

Users who depend upon DOS support should be careful about a Windows 10 upgrade. I found that it does not support redirection of output such as in “type file > outputfile”.

But I did find that Oracle’s VirtualBox lets me do many DOS functions under a Windows XP 32 bit virtual machine.


15 posted on 05/23/2016 9:49:42 AM PDT by IpaqMan
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OH FFS, the author should just stop whining and accept his new PC Overlords.......advertisements in the Start Menu and all!


17 posted on 05/23/2016 9:51:35 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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I turned off upgrades on both my Win 7 machines before I even connected them to the internet.

“Oh, but you might get malware or viruses from evil people out there!” Yeah, you mean like Microsoft?


19 posted on 05/23/2016 9:54:21 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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We got two new laptops November a year ago with Win 8.1. We use Classic Shell to make 8.1 look like Win 7 & want to stay where we are. After the nagging to upgrade started, GWX Control Panel was installed on both laptops & so far, so good .... nagging stopped & downloaded files to convert to Win 10 on one laptop were removed.


20 posted on 05/23/2016 9:57:07 AM PDT by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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I upgraded and my system behaves faster.


22 posted on 05/23/2016 9:59:01 AM PDT by mancini
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My main machine is now Fedora Linux with KDE desktop. It is still a little grumpy compared to Windows, but this is now a fully functiona and slick system. I still have to use Microsoft Word for some applications (I write books, LibreWrite is fine otherwise). Otherwise I am free at last. No viruses, no Microsoft tax, plenty of specialty software. And it will only get better.


23 posted on 05/23/2016 9:59:17 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (wrote Harry Reid.s only biography www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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What is the problem with windows 10?

windows 10 is great if you have the balls to accept the present


25 posted on 05/23/2016 10:00:54 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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I’m using Windows 9.7 and lots of those annoying pop-ups Screaming UPGRADE NOW to Windows 10. I just ignore them.

HEY! Microsoft.

I'm giving you the Magical Middle Widget Finger!

I'm STAYING on Windows 9.7!

26 posted on 05/23/2016 10:01:29 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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I have no problems with Windows 10.


27 posted on 05/23/2016 10:01:30 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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thanks to my IT department for protecting me....


30 posted on 05/23/2016 10:02:55 AM PDT by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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