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(14,691 posts) Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:57 AM Oct 2015

Computerworld: Microsoft to get pushy about upgrading to Windows 10 [View all]

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2999548/microsoft-windows/microsoft-to-get-pushy-about-upgrading-to-windows-10.html

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Come the beginning of 2016, Microsoft will get much more assertive in distributing Windows 10 upgrades to consumers and small businesses, the company's top OS executive said Thursday.

Rather than wait for customers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to request a copy of the new OS -- the practice since June -- Microsoft will instead begin to automatically send the upgrade to PCs via Windows Update, the default security maintenance service.

The push -- which some will see as too pushy by far -- will be a two-step process, with the first kicking in this year, the second in early 2016.
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Computerworld: Microsoft to get pushy about upgrading to Windows 10 [View all] LiberalElite Oct 2015 OP

And if you depend on an application that won't run on Win 10, them's the breaks. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2015 #1

Which is exactly why I've been avoiding the "upgrade" nt LiberalElite Oct 2015 #2

It broke my USB tv tuner because Media Center went away but otherwise I have had nothing corkhead Oct 2015 #7

Geezis this place loves the click bait Egnever Oct 2015 #28

I do not want Win 10. They had better not upload it without my consent. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #3

You don't want to go thru what I just went thru. but my tech guy got 7 back altho I CTyankee Oct 2015 #17

You're right, my dear CTyankee...I sure do not. I have a great tech guy too, but still! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #23

You have to check your windows update settings Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #34

Thanks, Steve! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #38

On my Win7 machine the pathway was a little different. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #51

They won't this article is click bait Egnever Oct 2015 #29

You have probably downloaded it without knowing. Windows 10 is very snoopy LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #41

My computer still says Win 7...so I hope not! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #44

There have been reports of Windows downloading 10 in the background LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #46

From the article drm604 Oct 2015 #4

Same here. Plus, I also don't like it rebooting without my permission. arcane1 Oct 2015 #26

"To get pushy"? Doctor_J Oct 2015 #5

I found it ready to install Lindsay Oct 2015 #10

If the peripheras worked in 8 they will work in 10 Egnever Oct 2015 #30

I paid $150 more for a computer just becaues it had WIN7 instead of WIN8. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #6

10 looks a lot more like 7 than 8 corkhead Oct 2015 #8

I'm sure it will get there . . . eventually. Would rather not have to do the 4-7 patches geek tragedy Oct 2015 #12

Stop buying the fud Egnever Oct 2015 #32

fending off hourly prompts to 'upgrade' and MS's general history, yes geek tragedy Oct 2015 #33

Really Egnever Oct 2015 #35

because if there's one company that's cowered before the prospect of anti-trust lawsuits, it's MS nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #36

Not anti trust lawsuits Egnever Oct 2015 #37

I'm a lawyer and I can't see the obvious lawsuits. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #48

On an update of the entire operating system? Egnever Oct 2015 #67

No need to be rude demwing Oct 2015 #69

I upgraded a few months ago. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #9

It's their way of crashing home computers, thus making everyone B Calm Oct 2015 #11

I have Windows 10 on laptop and desktop tabasco Oct 2015 #13

They ryan_cats Oct 2015 #14

... shenmue Oct 2015 #15

Since the download is huge, word so far is that they will just... TreasonousBastard Oct 2015 #16

For me, it's not so much hatred of 10. I wouldn't refuse it on a new machine. drm604 Oct 2015 #18

Point taken... TreasonousBastard Oct 2015 #21

THAT is why I set Windows Update to Notify me but don't download them. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #19

I had to downgrade back to Windows 7 after trying Windows 10. dairydog91 Oct 2015 #20

I hate that kind of nanny behavior. drm604 Oct 2015 #22

This is but one reason I go with the retail box full install of the OS... beevul Oct 2015 #24

Just upgraded one laptop without issue Blasphemer Oct 2015 #25

I read an article from a computer expert bkkyosemite Oct 2015 #27

Holy crap Egnever Oct 2015 #40

Yes, because no company in the history of the world has ever used the concept of... Shandris Oct 2015 #52

If you don't use Internet ExploDer and Outhouse, it eliminates 90% of problems right there. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #53

"this OS is capable of seeing all you have on your computer" phleshdef Oct 2015 #43

I understand managing updates, but shutting them off completely is unwise. Maedhros Oct 2015 #54

IOW, they are forcing you to switch without your permission. Rex Oct 2015 #31

Part of the reason they are secretive about the patches in win 10 is because Egnever Oct 2015 #42

Not ready for a corporate takeover of my PC desktop. eom Betty Karlson Oct 2015 #39

I'm still using XP cyberswede Oct 2015 #45

I liked XP better than windows 7. One reason why I worry when they choose B Calm Oct 2015 #49

Me too. snagglepuss Oct 2015 #55

I have a laptop with it that's doing fine TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #65

I am finding Win 10 great edhopper Oct 2015 #47

This is why I dont use computers. Ever, at all. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #50

*HAR* Skittles Oct 2015 #56

I used to, of course- but some crazy person kept threatening to schedule me for an ass kicking. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #57

oh get real, Warren Skittles Oct 2015 #61

shhhh Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #62

I've never been on the internet drm604 Oct 2015 #59

EXACTLY. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #60

Looks like I've lost all excuses for not finally moving to Linux. hifiguy Oct 2015 #58

That's exactly how I feel about quitting sniffing glue, this week. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #63

Here's a great utility to stop the popups and download Oilwellian Oct 2015 #64

Thanks, worked like a charm. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #66

Windows 10 is the best OS since xp wilt the stilt Oct 2015 #68