Windows 10: Microsoft Forces the Windows 10 Upgrade on Windows 7 PCs

You know how to positively avoid all of this? Just don't connect to the internet until July 30, 2016.

Of course then the Microsoft message will say, "Your upgrade copy of Windows 10 is ready to install, right after you have paid." *Wink

 

Well we could, or Microsoft could simply respect our choices allow us to keep the O.S. of our choice, the one we paid good money for. that would be even simpler. People are not complaining that Windows 10 is being offered, just the manner in which Microsoft are going about it.

That it is free is irrelevant, if it's something you don't want on your machine, then it's something you don't want on your machine.

zoo

 

I wish if MS was forcing us to upgrade they would at least get some of the graphic drivers to work. Yeah, the graphics people should update their drivers, but MS could work around this problem. My PC graphics works just fine in Windows 7 so what's the problem with Windows 10?

 

Just google a program called GWX Control Panel. It lets you disable the W10 icon from startup and also disable the W10 forced O/S upgrade from Windows Update. You can always enable it by June 2016 if you want the upgrade and it does not interfere with the regular operating system updates for those that want to continue to use W7 or W8.1. It's freeware, has no viruses and works well. Google it and have a look. It even shows you if the W10 update has been downloaded onto your system.

 

Thanks for that.
The problem was that it was bypassing this and even those who had altered their registry to set it to no OS upgrades.
Maybe now they have unticked it the Control Panel will work again. It is though a great tool so thanks for the advise.

read this.
Microsoft Forces the Windows 10 Upgrade on Windows 7 PCs - Updated - Softpedia
explains the control panel no longer works to block this.

zoo

 

@zooburner

yea I was having the same problem thats why I grabbed this little gem and so far it seems to be working, but bookmark the site as the author tends to update it when problems arise like on the link that you posted as the tricks no longer working. This method is still working (for me) and it has the icon disabled and W10 forced upgrade removed from my Windows Update. I am upset however that it decided to download 5.7GB worth of files onto my SSD without my permission.

What if I had a metered internet connection? I would be screwed. I also do not like the facts that it made writes on my SSD without my permission, thats my biggest gripe.

 

Holy Shirt Batman!
For me, the timing of this debacle is interesting, if not comical, to say least! As a long time Apple user (first confuser in 1998) I have always avoided the Microsoft universe like a plague! I have recently (July 24) purchased my first Windows machine for use with a new school endeavor, including A+, Net+, Security+ and eventually Cisco training and certifications.

I have been absolutely horrified by the whole manner in which MS approaches and handles everything they do, all the way from the methods they employ to try to cajole and now force their will upon users, right down to how they develop new operating systems, by simply writing new code on top of the old (all the way back to Windows 95 at least) and it definitely doesn't appear to be getting any better. The obviously intentional disguising of forced updates/upgrades as items that are needed to keep your system healthy is ludicrous and mind boggling at best!

The more I learn, the more apparent it becomes that my distaste for Windows has been well founded. A phrase coined by Mac users certainly rings true here:

"The day Microsoft makes something that suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners!"

I know that's kinda harsh and I realize that training for employment in the IT field requires in depth knowledge and expertise in the most widely used operating system in the world, but come on, this crap is really getting out of hand!

While Apple certainly incorporates the principles of planned obsolescence in everything they develop and sell, I've NEVER experienced anything as insidious as Microsoft's recent antics in Apple Land!

Just My $.02 & Likely Worth Even Less,
Gene

 

Major reason why MS is cautious about removing/upgrading code is that their no.1 goal with a new Windows is backwards compatibility...and that's both Windows' greatest pro and con. If MS made a modern x86 Windows from scratch, without any consideration for backwards compatibility then it wouldn't be the bloated mess we have right now.

It's disgusting that Windows 10 is sluggish on my laptop with an i7 CPU and 4GB of RAM. It was clean installed too. Windows just gets more bloated with every new iteration.

That said, if MS didn't focus on backwards compatibility, then they would have even more trouble selling new versions of Windows, leaner or not.

 

Maybe if Microsoft focused on refining what they already have and making it the best it could be rather than trying to re-invent the wheel with new Windows versions, they wouldn't have so many problems and so much bloat.

 

Thats exactly right lol, error my a_ _ .

 

Someone explain me this. When it comes to smartphones, there is almost literally no refusal to an updated version of the platform even though something could go wrong and brick the one and only communicative device you have that has a lot of important things on it. When it comes to a FREE upgrade of Windows that is better in every way than the oldest version eligible and what parts aren't that great can and will be revised and pumped out, for FREE for everyone. Yet, there is much hesitation in doing so. If anything goes wrong, it's not the end of the world and fixable.

It's like, it boggles my mind. There isn't anything about Windows 10 that has the criticism of 8/8.1, and keeps a lot of form and function of 7 without being overwhelming like 8 was. And it's FREE. And if you don't like it, you can downgrade back. The privacy concerns are such a moot point because if you're using a smartphone, your privacy has already been invaded many times. All that Windows 10 does is make things fairly transparent about what info is being used.

I don't get it. You literally cannot please anyone.

 

Free has no relevance it's the way it's been forced upon people some people think that if something free then they are like kids in a candy store.

what happens in a few years when Microsoft decides to upgrade people from Windows 10 to Windows service (or whatever its called) gives you no or little choice then wants to charge you a monthly fee to keep your own PC running ? you are effectively giving then such permissions by accepting an O.S. that can update/upgrade in any manner it wants and does not give you any choice on the matter, not do they any longer tell you what they are putting on your PC.

It's the precedent that is being set, it's no co-incidence that it's free it's there to condition the weak minded.

 

Simple, MS is not going to have a service fee for 10, period.

 

I didn't say they were

How do you know they wont simply replace windows 10, that's effectively what they are trying to do with Windows 7 8/8.1 ? will you have any choice in the matter, you already cannot control the updates. ?

I purchased Windows 7 because I Liked Windows 7, I would like to keep Windows 7, but when I have to watch Windows Updates like a hawk to make sure it doesn't 'update for my convenience' then there is something seriously wrong.

 

There is absolutely no way anyone can predict what MS will do in the future. If MS intends to provide an OS as a service I think there will be a service fee sometime in future years just like Office. The OS won't be called Windows 10 but it will be called something and there will be a fee.