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Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking
New submitter christhedj writes with a story at The Inquirer, according to which: Microsoft, having learned nothing from Apple and the U2 album, have started downloading Windows 10 as part of Patch Tuesday for Windows 7 and 8 users. For people on a 32GB flash drive tablet, that's a big chunk of space taken up with something that they didn't ask for. Microsoft admits to doing this, but users are not happy. Way to look needy, Microsoft.
These are not the upgrades you were looking for.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
A 'singular oddity' is an event that cannot be explained and only happens when you are alone.
and another empty threat. you'll be on windows 10 in a few years, you'll see.
That's just tantamount to installing an upgraded version of malware that is already running on your system. Not that bad.
Can you tell me how much the Microsoft astroturf team is paying per post these days?
You're sticking with Windows 7 because Windows 7 is downloading something without you asking?
You joke, but people actually found out about this because Windows Defender quarrantined the download as malware. :D