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Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the let-Microsoft-make-a-decision-for-you dept.

Reader Raging Bool writes: In a move guaranteed to annoy many people, Microsoft has "jumped the shark" on encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10. Clicking the red cross on the right hand corner of the pop-up box now activates the upgrade instead of closing the box. And this has caused confusion as typically clicking a red cross closes a pop-up notification. The upgrade could still be cancelled, when the scheduled time for it to begin appeared, Microsoft said The change occurred because the update is now labelled "recommended" and many people have their PCs configured to accept recommended updates for security reasons. This means dismissing the box does not dismiss the update.Brad Chacos, senior editor at the PC World wrote about this incident over the weekend, and described it as a "nasty trick".

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  1. Good! We need MORE appers! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Modern app appers should make sure LUDDITE systems running LUDDITE Windows 7 get appgraded to Appdows 10! That includes every system, not just your own appy apping devices! You should forcefully appgrade your coworkers and friends' LUDDITE computers to appy Appdows 10, because then they'll become appy appers!

    Apps!

  2. No no no this can't be happening! by LichtSpektren · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DogDude and all the other MS shills have assured me that Windows 10 doesn't install itself, it's just my younger sibling playing a prank on me (he/she's obviously quite talented to break into my office and install it on my co-worker's computer!). Of course Microsoft, being the honest company they are, would never ever try to force their ad+spyware onto their customers without their thorough approval given by root password, last four digits of their social security number, and a hand-written letter to the executive board of Microsoft--everybody knows their customers are all serious-business enterprise clients that wouldn't tolerate anything remotely close to what TFA is insinuating, so therefore Microsoft can't be doing it! They are, after all, infallible.