She did not and won a legal case.
https://consumerist.com/2016/06/27/w...ws-10-upgrade/
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She did not and won a legal case.
https://consumerist.com/2016/06/27/w...ws-10-upgrade/
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What helped her was California's consumer protection laws that pretty much says that if you sell something, it better do what you claim. Plus she had a demonstrable loss of income from her business. That's a win? That's like 'winning' a check from your insurance company after an auto collision.
I remember my daughter's laptop 'updated' from win 8 to 8.1 just when she needed it to get some schoolwork done. It took a couple hours, made the computer useless when she needed it. A few weeks ago on a Sunday morning she was going to use it to finish up some homework- we were going to a show in the evening. Yep, it decided without any prompting to transmogrify into win 10. And again tied up the machine for several hours. How did they know when it was needed? Which is what I said at the time. Just not in those terms.
She used my wife's laptop to get her homework done.
But the lesson is clear- if you have a windows computer and need to get something done, you better buy two of them. So one will work when you need it.
Maybe.
-Tom
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Mine did the same. Too bad for me. Fortunately, I HATED windows 8, so windows 10 was an improvement. Mostly.Originally Posted by Tom Stenzel
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My sister-in-law indicated her machine updated without her permission. The world of computers.
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I had been in the habit of hit the X button to close the windows asking me if I wanted to upgrade to Windows 10. The last one I closed that way apparently took that as a signal that I wanted to upgrade. Luckily, the upgrade ran while I slept and everything works just fine in Windows 10.
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its like invasion of the body snatchers...don't fall sleep!
Last edited by Chuck Wintle; 06-29-2016 at 6:05 AM.
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You're not alone by any means. It's nice that Windows 10 is so sought after that they don't have to resort to deception to get people to install it. [/sarcasm]
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download and run GWX_control_panel.exe to end your problems with windows 10. It will end the sneak attack by MS to get this installed on your computer. That is what really galls me is how they force it upon computer users.
Last edited by Chuck Wintle; 06-29-2016 at 9:34 AM.
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MS is once again changing things around. Just yesterday (06/28/16) they changed it again.
Prediction: MS will extend the July 29 deadline.
http://www.winbuzzer.com/2016/06/28/microsoft-addresses-windows-10-upgrade-policy-company-making-easier-dismiss-update-prompt-xcxwbn/
Last edited by Larry Browning; 06-29-2016 at 9:23 AM.
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They had no choice but to back off with their aggressive campaign to force user to switch. I think this was very ill conceived strategy on the part of MS and the consumer will win.
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+1 on GWX Control Panel. Easy. Free. Works. Tells MS to STOP! No nags, Win10 bits that had already downloaded were removed, still on Win 7 and lovin it.
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i never could believe MS would give something for free without a hook of some sort. When I learned that Solitaire would have to be paid for i knew the whole thing was bogus. Why make the user pay for Solitaire when it has been free for the last 30 or so years?
Bwaa-haaa-haaaw.
If you operate a machine you are responsible for it. Put oil in your car and properly administer your computer. We have a couple of generations that never knew anything but Windows XP. The long running OS did not serve Microsoft well when updates were finally required. Your OS used to change every few years, XP ran for nearly a decade and a half.
In the end, anything your computer does is your responsibility. Remember the old story about the tech support guy who asked the person on the phone if they still had the box the computer came in?
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
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All my home computers are on Win10 and all is well, happy as a clam.
My work computer is still on Win7 and I don't think they are planning on upgrading everyone anytime soon. In fact a colleague recently was issued a new computer and it had Win7 on it. We have a few developers using Win10, but I think those are for some sort of new version of visual studio that requires Win10. The rumor is that Sys Admin is still studying Win10 and we will eventually upgrade. It will probably be through natural attrition of hardware upgrades. It will take a long time around here. I will be retiring in 6 mos. anyway, so it won't effect me.
Larry J Browning
There are 10 kinds of people in this world; Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No big conspiracy here. Windows was the only major OS that still charged it current users a fee to upgrade to the next version. MS is just getting in line with the rest of the world.
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There are 10 kinds of people in this world; Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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