Windows 10: Microsoft pushes Windows 10 upgrade to PCs without user consent

OUCH! But that upgrade over one 7 install didn't go so well! First a look a the report!

see report in full

So why didn't 10 simply upgrade over 7 automatically? Well in Windows 7 the option of checking for and prompting the user or never are two alternative options to prevent updates from simply going on automatically without prior notification. The manual check on the 10 app suddenly one day(Sept. 1st) start downloading the previously reserved in mid June copy but too late! 10 was already set up in a dual boot with 7.

Others report finding 10 had already gone on from having left everything to the automatic setting. How to prevent an unplanned or unwanted upgrade especially if you already have 10 set up in a dual boot situation? The Windows Update setting in the Control Panel are the place to start. The solution here will be the already scheduled need for a long over due clean install of 7 first getting things on 10 organized a bit? *chuckle

But what if the 10 app returns for some reason afterwards? Well 10 has already been released since the app was first seen prior to 10's launch date. A clean install on a second machine of 7 Pro so far hasn't even seen the 10 app appear as that was seen to after the launch date. Keeping the option to never or with 8 or 8.1 the option to defer updates or schedule restarts preferred and recommended are one way to prevent the automatic upgrade over the previous version if you trying to keep a dual boot or simply not ready to upgrade to 10.

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Very upset with Microsoft 10 upgrade. First issue was locating all my "stuff" after the upgrade was initiated without my consent. For days, could not locate any of my files or send an email. Very frustrating. The upgrade was pushed on me, but then
I was left to fend for myself. Now email has been combined and I cannot snyc my contacts to the new one. There is no step by step guidance for us tech challenged users. Help!

 

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Some of us didn't even knowingly express consent to upgrade:

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This is really pushing the envelope. What bothers me most, is the fact that I explicitly opted out and yet the icon an all remain. Doesn't Microsoft get it? When I say NO I mean NO?

Are they really that desperate that they feel the need to try and force people into switching? When I said no, the icon should have been removed and all future references to it.

 

. . .Oh Microsoft forced this on you. . .wow. . .interesting. . .*Smile

 

I do believe the Get Windows 10 application installs via Windows update automatically, If you have Windows update on the default settings. Even if you uninstall that update, you have to then block it/hide it or it will just install again. If you reserve your upgrade, a big download ensues. It looks like it downloads anyway even if you take no action. Not a good thing for some with limited bandwidth and or limited hard drive space. If it actually does the upgrade on its own then that's even worse. So you were saying?

 

If you have a previous version set to receive updates and install them automatically chances are 10 will automatically download. Even as an update any upgrading of an OS still requires user interaction! First off you have to select language as well as agree to the license agreement for the installation to continue.

Following the initial restart once all of the setup files are in place you then have to enter your new admin user account information. That also takes user interaction even though that will be during the last stage of the upgrade. And then you still have the option to reverse the upgrade to revert back to the previous version. As for the 10 app that simply appears automatically by way of the updates while that is for reserving your copy which you have to then click on and sign up to receive providing a valid email address.

 

Microsoft really aren't helping themselves are they.. this after all the miss information about what data was actually being collected via windows 10.
I too think No should mean no, I'm reinstalling Windows 7 next week but have spent some time looking to see if there is a way to re-install 7 without all the GWX (Get Windows 10) and telemetry updates. As a result I have a list of about 15 updates to NOT install and also this link which may be of help to you.

How to Stop Windows 7 or 8 from Downloading Windows 10 Automatically

This was sent to me by another user and seems to offer a way to stop windows 7 going down the upgrade route.

Zoo

 

Makes sense. . . *Smile. . .of course there are those. . .*really

 

Shouldn't Microsoft at least run a compatibility upgrade to make sure those computer can be upgraded to windows 10 before downloading windows 10 updates to their machines if the machine is set to download updates automatically?

 

The Get Windows 10 Application checks for compatibility and gives you a report. I assume if your system isn't compatible it won't do the download. It won't let you reserve your upgrade if it isn't.

 

That's correct Alpha, my works PC has an old Nvidia Quadro card in it for which there isn't a Win 10 compatible driver. It wouldn't let me reserve a copy. I've still left the Win 10 icon in the tray and check ocasionally but it just informs me my PC is not compatible.
On that same screen it does ask if I want to buy a new PC though *Smile

 

Again, why I'm holding off indefinitely moving to 10. I am on limited satellite internet and can't afford no control over updates. Have my 8.1 set to notify, no automatic downloading. And deferring is not control either in my book.

 

If MS is doing this to those who didn't ask to reserve Windows 10 than this is wrong. I like Windows 10 but I don't think MS should sneak a Windows 10 download to anyone who didn't ask for it.

 

Am I the only one who thought:
"Oh! So this is what they meant when they said they would get it on a billion devices."?