Windows10 Hi-Jack.......

[ksdaddy]

I had discussed 10 with a tech friend. This is a copy/paste of his response when I asked him about Windows bombarding me with popups:

 

Microsoft want you to upgrade to Windows 10 so they can monitor more of what you are doing...it's all in the license agreement when you install. I upgraded to Windows 10 myself from Windows 8 just to keep up with technology. Isn't so bad once you get used to it. FYI, you can get rid of the 'tiles' in Windows 8 and 10 by installing a program called Classic Shell...I use it myself.

[Rabs]

I had discussed 10 with a tech friend. This is a copy/paste of his response when I asked him about Windows bombarding me with popups:

 

Microsoft want you to upgrade to Windows 10 so they can monitor more of what you are doing...it's all in the license agreement when you install. I upgraded to Windows 10 myself from Windows 8 just to keep up with technology. Isn't so bad once you get used to it. FYI, you can get rid of the 'tiles' in Windows 8 and 10 by installing a program called Classic Shell...I use it myself.

Yes from what I heard they have a lot of tracking and so called security options turned on by default. You can apparently turn most of it off in the settings..

 

Still a bit rude though if you ask me... Like the way they were trying to tell everyone it was only free for a limited time to try and push more people to install it... They are still offering it for free.. I don't like that pushy attitude..

 

Im still on Windows 7 and will stay on it till I get a new computer and have no choice...

[Mr. C.O. Jones]

I had discussed 10 with a tech friend. This is a copy/paste of his response when I asked him about Windows bombarding me with popups:

 

Microsoft want you to upgrade to Windows 10 so they can monitor more of what you are doing...it's all in the license agreement when you install. I upgraded to Windows 10 myself from Windows 8 just to keep up with technology. Isn't so bad once you get used to it. FYI, you can get rid of the 'tiles' in Windows 8 and 10 by installing a program called Classic Shell...I use it myself.

 

When I "up"graded to 10 I asked a friend of mine that works at Google for some help, because I had all those issues. He is a huge techno-nerd by the way.

First thing he said was: Big Mistake!

And then he told me the exact same thing your friend has written you.

[Guest Farnsbarns]

I think there's a lot of people on here who should find an alternative. I suggest a GUI Linux distribution such as Ubuntu.

 

There's also possibly a little bit of paranoia but that's a whole other thread :)

[Rabs]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36367221

 

Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10.

 

Clicking the red cross on the right hand corner of the pop-up box now activates the upgrade instead of closing the box.

 

And this has caused confusion as typically clicking a red cross closes a pop-up notification

 

The upgrade could still be cancelled, when the scheduled time for it to begin appeared, Microsoft said

 

The change occurred because the update is now labelled "recommended" and many people have their PCs configured to accept recommended updates for security reasons.

 

 

 

 

This means dismissing the box does not dismiss the update.

 

Brad Chacos, senior editor at the PC World website, described it as a "nasty trick".

 

"Deploying these dirty tricks only frustrates long-time Windows users who have very valid reasons to stick with operating systems they already know and love," he wrote.

 

Microsoft said: "With the free Windows 10 upgrade offer ending on 29 July, we want to help people upgrade to the best version of Windows.

 

"As we shared in October, Windows 10 will be offered as a 'recommended' update for Windows 7 and 8.1 customers whose Windows Update settings are configured to accept 'recommended' updates.

 

"Customers can choose to accept or decline the Windows 10 upgrade."