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Microsoft's Windows 10 Upgrade Screen Interrupts Meteorologist's Live Forecast (hothardware.com)

Posted by msmash on from the hey,-upgrade-already! dept.

Reader MojoKid writes: If you're a Windows 7 or Windows 8 user who hasn't yet upgraded to Windows 10, you've probably been bombarded at some point by Microsoft to upgrade, and not always at the most convenient times. Such was also the case with one meteorologist who saw a Windows 10 upgrade prompt show up during a very inopportune time -- right in the middle of a live forecast. Metinka Slater, a meteorologist with Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI 8, was going about her business, giving viewers a rundown of the 12-hour rainfall totals in the area when a nagging Windows 10 upgrade screen popped up, just like it has for thousands of everyday Windows users. But rather than get flustered or give into Microsoft's demands, Slater laughed off the annoyance. "Ahh, Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10. What should I do?" Slater joked. "Don't you love when that pops up?"From the looks of it, either the concerned computer is running Windows 98, or is using classic theme.

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  1. Giving you the forecast, indeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cloudy with a chance of forced update installs.

  2. Re:It's their own fault for refusing to upgrade. by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly. Just like car dealers should be able to lock you out of your car if you don't come in for a service notice or upgrade to your software.

    Win/win situation: the dealer gets more business and users get more apps!

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  3. Re:Here's a good idea by theskipper · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's not true. As a matter of fact I'm trying to catch up on paying hundreds of invoices right now that were emailed to me recently. Only inconvenience is it's a pain to unzip each one.

    Oh there's another one...back to it.

  4. Re:Here's a good idea by Jason+Levine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thankfully, you should be able to pay them with all the money from those dead Nigerian princes.

    As a side note, is "Nigerian prince" the world's most hazardous job? They're constantly dying off!

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    My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
  5. Re: Classic theme by pgn674 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most people in my area referred to the XP default theme as the "Fisher-Price Theme." In Windows 8, when there is a CD in your drive, the associated message says something like "Tap here to eject CD." It said "tap," even when you didn't have a touch screen. That is when I knew Windows 8 was designed for touch screens first.

  6. Re:Here's a good idea by michelcolman · · Score: 4, Funny

    That might work. Just send a mail to the invoice guys telling them to contact your financial manager at the nigerian address.