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    Fearing forced Windows 10 upgrades, users are disabling critical updates instead

    -Microsoft stepped on the gas in its quest to drive Windows 7 and 8 users to Windows 10 over the past couple of weeks, rolling the upgrade out as a Recommended update. Watch out! The only behavior that could deny the Windows 10 upgrade before—closing the pop-up by pressing the X in the upper-right corner—now counts as consent for the upgrade, and worse, the upgrade installation can automatically begin even if you take no action whatsoever.

    It's nasty business, and it's tricking legions of happy Windows 7 and 8 users into Windows 10. Over the past week, I've received more contact from readers about this issue than I have about everything else I've written over the rest of my career combined. But beyond merely burning bridges with consumers, these forced, non-consensual upgrades could have more insidious consequences.

    "I fear some segment of consumers will turn off Windows Update as a result," Wes Miller, research vice president at Directions on Microsoft, told me. "Which is a very bad side effect."

    Indeed it is. Windows Update delivers critical updates to your PC, plugging holes in the operating system and slamming the door on potential hack attacks. Keeping your operating system patched is a crucial part of staying secure on the modern web. That's why PCWorld and many other technology experts advise users that the best course of action is usually to leave the Windows default intact, letting the OS download and install Recommended updates automatically. Doing otherwise is dangerous, unless you're an expert yourself.

    Using that critical avenue to push Windows 10 on people—pardon, "make it easier for consumers to upgrade to Windows 10"—violates the trust people hold in the sanctity of Windows Update...

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/30757...-own-risk.html

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    I got stung last week...

    Logged onto my laptop, and before I could do anything, it started downloading Windows 10.

    I kept saying "No" to the popups that asked me if I wanted to "upgrade," but obviously, Microsoft doesn't know how to take no for an answer - I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

    I wasn't aware, but I also had to download new drivers for my printer and media player - That was a pain, especially since I'm not that computer savvy as it is.

    Looks like Big Brother is definitely in the business of watching and controlling us.

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    We have been using Linux for a couple of years now. We are quite happy with it.

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    I was automatically "upgraded" last week. I was angry that they did it without my permission and I knew I didn't want it because of the stuff I'd heard. That said, this first week with it has been uneventful. I don't like it any more than Windows 7, but I don't really notice much difference. I was expecting far worse fallout. I can live with it after all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    I was automatically "upgraded" last week. I was angry that they did it without my permission and I knew I didn't want it because of the stuff I'd heard...
    Ditto...except in my case they loaded the files without authorization and I kept getting a prompt to choose the installation date within the next few days. Since I was having a little issue with my computer anyway I decided to take it in to a local computer shop.

    They said that just in the last 2 days they got 25 calls about it including from a couple of businesses where Windows 10 majorly messed them up. They said they could install something called GWX that disables it and since it only cost like $10 for them to do it I got it.

    http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

    I've heard that once Windows 10 is installed you have 30 days to undo it. John had posted some warnings about it a few months ago so he probably has a lot more info about it that he can share.

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    they tried with me but i rebuked it in the name of Jesus.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Ditto...except in my case they loaded the files without authorization and I kept getting a prompt to choose the installation date within the next few days. Since I was having a little issue with my computer anyway I decided to take it in to a local computer shop.

    They said that just in the last 2 days they got 25 calls about it including from a couple of businesses where Windows 10 majorly messed them up. They said they could install something called GWX that disables it and since it only cost like $10 for them to do it I got it.

    http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

    I've heard that once Windows 10 is installed you have 30 days to undo it. John had posted some warnings about it a few months ago so he probably has a lot more info about it that he can share.
    I've had GWX on my PC since before Christmas.

    No problems, no nags, works great for me.
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