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Windows 10 Upgrade is now ‘recommended’

February 2, 2016 by Alan Stainer

Windows 10 Upgrade is now ‘recommended’

Bad Microsoft!

This means if you have automatic updates on your Windows 7 or 8 PC, it will automatically download and start installing Windows 10.

You do have the option to cancel the upgrade. However, people are likely to simply click Ok and then wonder why their computer is doing silly things and they cannot get on with their work.

h/t Dave Webster

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update

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  1. Talon Smart (New Miiverse) says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Yeah like that Windows 10 piece of garbage should be recommended by anybody.

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  2. Talon Smart (New Miiverse) says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Yeah like that Windows 10 piece of garbage should be recommended by anybody.

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  3. Talon Smart (New Miiverse) says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Yeah like that Windows 10 piece of garbage should be recommended by anybody.

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  4. Talon Smart (New Miiverse) says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Yeah like that Windows 10 piece of garbage should be recommended by anybody.

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  5. Jason Darrell says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Nothing to worry about, Alan Stainer – I was the first to bitch about #WIN10 , but now that it’s ironed out the creases, it rocks.

    I dread going to my laptop, which runs 8.1. Looks like I’m gonna get the update there, too. Awesome!

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  6. Jason Darrell says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Nothing to worry about, Alan Stainer – I was the first to bitch about #WIN10 , but now that it’s ironed out the creases, it rocks.

    I dread going to my laptop, which runs 8.1. Looks like I’m gonna get the update there, too. Awesome!

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  7. Jason Darrell says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Nothing to worry about, Alan Stainer – I was the first to bitch about #WIN10 , but now that it’s ironed out the creases, it rocks.

    I dread going to my laptop, which runs 8.1. Looks like I’m gonna get the update there, too. Awesome!

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  8. Jason Darrell says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Nothing to worry about, Alan Stainer – I was the first to bitch about #WIN10 , but now that it’s ironed out the creases, it rocks.

    I dread going to my laptop, which runs 8.1. Looks like I’m gonna get the update there, too. Awesome!

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  9. Chris Guiver says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    malware was always the problem with windoze, but it coming from microsoft themselves is just plain wrong!

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  10. Chris Guiver says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    malware was always the problem with windoze, but it coming from microsoft themselves is just plain wrong!

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  11. Chris Guiver says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    malware was always the problem with windoze, but it coming from microsoft themselves is just plain wrong!

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  12. Chris Guiver says

    February 2, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    malware was always the problem with windoze, but it coming from microsoft themselves is just plain wrong!

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  13. Matthew Wright (eNuminous) says

    February 2, 2016 at 5:13 pm

    My hardware is not compatible with Win10, yet it keeps trying, and failing, to update. Wish I could just tell it not to, but everything I’ve tried to do, short of air-gapping the machine, fails to prevent the attempts. Microsoft fail!

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  14. Matthew Wright (eNuminous) says

    February 2, 2016 at 5:13 pm

    My hardware is not compatible with Win10, yet it keeps trying, and failing, to update. Wish I could just tell it not to, but everything I’ve tried to do, short of air-gapping the machine, fails to prevent the attempts. Microsoft fail!

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  15. Matthew Wright (eNuminous) says

    February 2, 2016 at 5:13 pm

    My hardware is not compatible with Win10, yet it keeps trying, and failing, to update. Wish I could just tell it not to, but everything I’ve tried to do, short of air-gapping the machine, fails to prevent the attempts. Microsoft fail!

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  16. Matthew Wright (eNuminous) says

    February 2, 2016 at 5:13 pm

    My hardware is not compatible with Win10, yet it keeps trying, and failing, to update. Wish I could just tell it not to, but everything I’ve tried to do, short of air-gapping the machine, fails to prevent the attempts. Microsoft fail!

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  17. Alan Stainer says

    February 2, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Matthew Wright​ that’s the problem I have on one of my machines. Get Windows 10 says it will work. The manufacturer says it will work. Does it work? No. Therefore automatic updates are off.

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  18. Alan Stainer says

    February 2, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Matthew Wright​ that’s the problem I have on one of my machines. Get Windows 10 says it will work. The manufacturer says it will work. Does it work? No. Therefore automatic updates are off.

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  19. Alan Stainer says

    February 2, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Matthew Wright​ that’s the problem I have on one of my machines. Get Windows 10 says it will work. The manufacturer says it will work. Does it work? No. Therefore automatic updates are off.

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  20. Alan Stainer says

    February 2, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Matthew Wright​ that’s the problem I have on one of my machines. Get Windows 10 says it will work. The manufacturer says it will work. Does it work? No. Therefore automatic updates are off.

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  21. Sumera Khan says

    February 3, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    but during download it does not completed because of some files it does not updates some features and finish

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  22. Sumera Khan says

    February 3, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    but during download it does not completed because of some files it does not updates some features and finish

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  23. Sumera Khan says

    February 3, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    but during download it does not completed because of some files it does not updates some features and finish

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  24. Sumera Khan says

    February 3, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    but during download it does not completed because of some files it does not updates some features and finish

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  25. Luthfi Fauzi says

    February 12, 2016 at 8:19 am

    We can disable automatic update in windows to prevent it

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  26. Luthfi Fauzi says

    February 12, 2016 at 8:19 am

    We can disable automatic update in windows to prevent it

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  27. Luthfi Fauzi says

    February 12, 2016 at 8:19 am

    We can disable automatic update in windows to prevent it

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  28. Luthfi Fauzi says

    February 12, 2016 at 8:19 am

    We can disable automatic update in windows to prevent it

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