Microsoft Backtracks On 'Nasty Trick' Upgrade To Windows 10 (bbc.co.uk)

Reader Raging Bool writes: Days after angering many users with its so-called "nasty trick", Microsoft has reversed its crazy decision to infuriate users by upgrading them to Windows 10 automatically. Users were angry that clicking the cross to dismiss the box meant that they had agreed to the upgrade. Based on "customer feedback", Microsoft said it would add another notification that provided customers with "an additional opportunity for cancelling the upgrade". Microsoft told the BBC it had modified the pop-up as a result of criticism: "We've added another notification that confirms the time of the scheduled upgrade and provides the customer an additional opportunity for cancelling or rescheduling the upgrade. If the customer wishes to continue with their upgrade at the designated time, they can click 'OK' or close the notifications with no further action needed."

Comments

Re:Malware trick

[Infiniti2000]

Agreed. Fuck you, Microsoft. I had already trained my 9yo son to press the X to close the upgrade window whenever he might see it (he uses my computer more than I). Saturday morning, Windows 10 was installed. Goddamn it.

Huh?

[Andreas Mayer]

If the customer wishes to continue with their upgrade at the designated time, they can click 'OK' or close the notifications with no further action needed.

Isn't that exactly what they were doing already in the criticized "nasty trick" dialog?

Let me quote from the slashdot submission on that thing:

"This means dismissing the box does not dismiss the update."

And now it reads:

"If the customer wishes to continue with their upgrade [...] they can [...] close the notifications with no further action needed"

So they are "listening to user feedback" by doing the exact same thing a second time?

Re:Why do people getting so stupid about this?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Seriously two simple solutions, either A) Google Aegis Script Windows 7 or B) Format and install Linux.

I picked option B, and installed Linux Mint (dual boot) on my laptop. Works like a charm .

Windows upgraded the Win 7 on the Windows partition to Win 10 without permission, and promptly locked me out by asking for anon-existent login and password. I was able to do the "make it fail 3 times when booting" trick and revert to Win 7 on that partition, but it was too little too late. I doubt I'll ever boot into Windows on the laptop again because Mint seems to be working just fine. The best part of doing system updates on Mint is that (so far, anyway) I've never had to reboot after the updates.