W10 upgrade without consent

lawred2

hopeso wrote: »

More problems now...... The only browser that works on Windows 10 is microsoft's own browser... Chrome either won't open, or sometimes it opens and won't open a website. Maybe it's not the end of the world, but all my bookmarks are on chrome. I'm getting really pissed off with Windows 10 now, especially so as I never wanted it!

Chrome works perfectly well on Win 10..

If you're having issues with Chrome - it's got nothing to do with W10

long_b

By far the easiest way to permanently stop PC trying to upgrade to Windows 10, using the official Microsoft approved method.

Bad looking website but this guy is a security guru and hugely respected by everyone.

https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

GLaDOS

My upgrade failed and ended up with a laptop that blue screened upon booting. Ended up having to pay to get it fixed =/ Absolutely livid with microsoft.

ScienceNerd

ScienceNerd wrote: »

My upgrade failed and ended up with a laptop that blue screened upon booting. Ended up having to pay to get it fixed =/ Absolutely livid with microsoft.

I'm still not comfortable with the concept of upgrading Windows. It never worked properly in the past. And situations like yours only reinforce that belief. It should not have been pushed out en masse like this.

I really don't like the way it's going, especially that every new build of Windows 10 is treated as a new OS, therefore requiring an upgrade. I can see myself formatting and reinstalling Windows 10 every 6 months since I won't be comfortable upgrading it to whatever new build they release.

12Phase

Microsoft are just hastening the move to Linux and possibly Android desktops.

Also Apple must be absolutely delighted too. I'm sure they're having Chai Lattes in a minimalist glass cube somewhere laughing their asses off.

I know 3 people who moved to Mac OS machines on the basis that Apple hasn't (as yet) thrown anyone under a bus with jarring GUI changes and actually looks more familiar to Windows 7 users than Windows 8 and 10...

Once a version of Linux becomes a "on trend" and starts to get wide uptake Microsoft is in deep trouble and they've just hit fast forward by behaving like malware.

janmaree

long_b wrote: »

By far the easiest way to permanently stop PC trying to upgrade to Windows 10, using the official Microsoft approved method.

Bad looking website but this guy is a security guru and hugely respected by everyone.

https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

I was afraid of this happening, all those bullying ads drove me mad until I found a tip to rename the gwx folder. This quietened things down and I could work without constant interruptions but I didn't believe they had gone away. Thanks to your link I was able to run the check on my pc and found that it was enabled for automatic upgrade. It isn't now. Thank you.

Captain Chaos

12Phase wrote: »

Microsoft are just hastening the move to Linux and possibly Android desktops.

Also Apple must be absolutely delighted too. I'm sure they're having Chai Lattes in a minimalist glass cube somewhere laughing their asses off.

I know 3 people who moved to Mac OS machines on the basis that Apple hasn't (as yet) thrown anyone under a bus with jarring GUI changes and actually looks more familiar to Windows 7 users than Windows 8 and 10...

Once a version of Linux becomes a "on trend" and starts to get wide uptake Microsoft is in deep trouble and they've just hit fast forward by behaving like malware.

Windows 10 is almost the same as Win7 but works alot better imo. iOS looks nothing like any version of Windows either.

I have been using Win 10 since the beta and never had any issue with it, I jumped to it because of Windows 8 in fairness, that was a mess. Win 10 just feels like a faster, smarter version of 7.

12Phase

iOS is a mobile operating system. It isn't remotely like anything desktop based.

OS X is fairly familiar looking though. I just know a few people who found the tiles thing was a bridge too far.

lawred2

12Phase wrote: »

iOS is a mobile operating system. It isn't remotely like anything desktop based.

OS X is fairly familiar looking though. I just know a few people who found the tiles thing was a bridge too far.

W10 has dumped the W8 metro interface

hopeso

lawred2 wrote: »

Chrome works perfectly well on Win 10..

If you're having issues with Chrome - it's got nothing to do with W10

Chrome worked fine on my PC with windows 7, and for the first 2 days after getting Windows 10 dumped on me...... A quick search brings up countless forums with people having the same problem

beauf

I've not had problems with W10 and chrome. Thats not say there isn't an issue.

You can install an app to go back to the classic interface on W8 and W10. Takes no longer than installing an app on your phone.

But these updates. Grrrrrrr.

Capt'n Midnight

This might explain some of it

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376962

Microsoft has u-turned over changes it made to a pop-up encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 10.

Users were angry that clicking the cross to dismiss the box meant that they had agreed to the upgrade.

Based on "customer feedback", Microsoft said it would add another notification that provided customers with "an additional opportunity for cancelling the upgrade".

of course people who were used to the pop up might now get caught the other way