Windows 10 "Forced" upgrade:
I hate that this is going to sound like one of those stupid hoax e-mails about the end of the world, but PCWorld, InfoWorld, ComputerWorld, CNet, The Guardian, Forbes etc. are all reporting it, and I've seen the new screen so, here we go ...
For those using Windows 7 or 8 who don't currently wish to upgrade to Windows 10; it seems that MS has changed the upgrade notice so that if you click the red X in the upper right corner to get the notice to go away (I know I've hit that button probably 100 times since the pop-up started showing up), well, the window goes away, but they've changed what the X does, and you have just confirmed that you want the upgrade to happen.
Here's the PCWorld article ...
http://www.pcworld.com/article...kenly-agreed-to.html
I'll be watching for it on the family PCs, but right after telling my eldest son (in college for Comp.Sci.) about it, he fired up his laptop and there was the new pop-up - had I not told him, he probably would be spending his afternoon trying to roll back to W8 as that's the level he's to be at for his courses just now ... he'll upgrade when the courses change the requirements (probably this fall).
As for the rest of the family's PCs that aren't on W10 yet, I've just gone around the house and put a bit of software on to allow me to disable the automatic upgrade until we choose to move. I don't want one of the kids to just hit the good 'ol red X while they're trying to finish an essay (or build a cubist Eiffel tower in MineCraft).
Gibson Research has put out a small utility called "Never10" which is supposed to prevent the update via a switch in the Windows registry - you click the button "Disable Win10 Upgrade" and you're all set (if MS has already downloaded W10 files to your machine, there will be another button visible to allow you to delete those files). If you decide you want W10 in the future, just run Never10 again, and select "Enable Win10 Upgrade"
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm
As with anything on the Internet, please do your own research to be sure the suggestion above is right for you. I'm not saying W10 is good or bad, it seems to get decent reviews; but, if you are not ready to upgrade your machine(s) yet, please be aware of this change and take the steps that work best for you.
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