One wrong click could get you Windows 10 — whether you want it or not

[snoopdoggydog]

Microsoft's aggressive campaign to get users to download and install the new Windows 10 operating system appears to be accelerating.

Users on Windows 7 and 8.1 are getting pop-up windows, announcing that "Windows 10 is a Recommended Update for this PC," alongside a time when it plans to do the update.

Here's the tricky part, though: As Microsoft itself acknowledges on its support page, clicking on that red X in the upper-right-hand corner doesn't cancel the upgrade; it lets it proceed as planned.



To cancel the upgrade and stay on your existing version of Windows, you want to push the somewhat less obvious “Click here to change upgrade schedule or cancel scheduled upgrade" (It's right below the date, in the above screenshot).

As PC World reports, some users are making the mistake of merely clicking the X, and then finding themselves shocked when their PC suddenly runs Windows 10, seemingly without permission.

http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-10-upgrade-popup-2016-5

 

[LazyLion]

Or you could just block the Windows 10 download completely....
Option 1: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
Option 2: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3048...solutely-positively-dont-want-windows-10.html

 

[The_Librarian]

never10 from grc.com does the trick

 

[The_Librarian]

The question is - why.

Why is M$ resorting to such tactics to force world+dog to "upgrade" to Win10? What is behind this?

 

[LazyLion]

The question is - why.

Why is M$ resorting to such tactics to force world+dog to "upgrade" to Win10? What is behind this?

Monetisation. Win10 is more of a Cash Cow than boring old Windows 7 (which doesn't have an app store).

 

[furpile]

And if more people switch to Win10 they can probably kill support for 7 and 8 sooner. Plus they get a lot more data from users on Win10, that they can use for advertising, which is more money.

I am still not upgrading from 7 though. Stopped installing updates, so I won't get Win10.

 

[sajunky]

The question is - why.

Why is M$ resorting to such tactics to force world+dog to "upgrade" to Win10? What is behind this?

It is a bigger plot than merely Microsoft Windows matters and their revenue. Windows 10 registration indentifes every copy by storing digital certificate of every machine on the planet.

 

[Mortymoose]

Tell me about this! &^%$£

 

[chromedome]

What bugs me is the forced auto updating of drivers.

 

[Purply]

That image is incorrect afaik, unless my memory is failing me as I remember those two options,except there was no red X button at the top right, otherwise I would have clicked it.

Maybe this is the newer more aggressive version, will keep that in mind, thanks!

 

[Peder]

Or you could just block the Windows 10 download completely....
Option 1: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
Option 2: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3048...solutely-positively-dont-want-windows-10.html

Thanks I used option 1 this morning on a few pc's.

The problem I have with this story is most people in SA have 3G capped accounts, and suddenly 3GB gets downloaded because windows deems it an "Update" and there goes all general users data without their permission.

 

[LazyLion]

Thanks I used option 1 this morning on a few pc's.

The problem I have with this story is most people in SA have 3G capped accounts, and suddenly 3GB gets downloaded because windows deems it an "Update" and there goes all general users data without their permission.

Well, once you have installed that. And enabled the options it shouldn't download again.

 

[ponder]

That image is incorrect afaik, unless my memory is failing me as I remember those two options,except there was no red X button at the top right, otherwise I would have clicked it.

Maybe this is the newer more aggressive version, will keep that in mind, thanks!

This is the newer version, think it came out 2 or so days ago.

 

[chromedome]

What bugs me is the forced auto updating of drivers.

Trying this.

 

[Beachless]

If that happens to me I will uninstall windows 10 and install linux like all my other machines and use a cracked version of xp in a VM.

I hate these sorts of tactics.