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by WildBill
Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:45 am
Forum: Technical Tips, Questions & Discussions (Computers & Internet)
Topic: Microsoft Hijacking
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Re: Microsoft Hijacking

ELB wrote:Today Microsoft tried to force feed a Windows 10 upgrade on the computer where I work. We are not ready to do that yet because we need to make sure couple of third party vendor programs will work properly under 10. I left the computer running last night and when I came in this morning there was a blue screen (!) that said something along the lines like "Hi ELB! Upgrade to Windows 10!". The only button available was "next" and not even the three-fingered salute could escape it. So I went to next, and maybe another screen, and when I got to the License Agreement I declined. Then I got a message "Restoring previous version of Windows" and that took about 10 minutes. All appears normal now.

This is bovine leave-behinds. Microsoft apparently used the auto update function to force an upgrade, and it didn't really give an option to say "No I don't want Windows 10", you have to realize you can sidestep it by declining the license agreement. I don't recall any warning pop-ups yesterday or earlier saying this was scheduled. It just happened.

We will upgrade sometime this spring, but we don't need it crammed down our throats. grrrrrr..
:thumbs2: Thanks for posting.

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