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Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the lack-of-options dept.

simpz writes: The Register reports that Microsoft has changed the Windows 10 update dialog and no longer shows the "X" close button. They say once agreed to there is no obvious back-out method and it is now out of step with Microsoft's own documentation on this. They have a screenshot of this. As noted above, the latest move is out of step with Microsoft's Knowledge Base documentation, which says you can re-schedule your upgrade.

3 of 664 comments (clear)

  1. Re:fuck me by cfalcon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Alllllll these workarounds. Man, wouldn't it be great if your OS wasn't overtly hostile?

  2. Reject the EULA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just reject the license upon reboot. Previous version restored!

  3. Re:Simple Permanent Fix by willy_me · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Parallels is a pain in the ass. Every time Mac OS updates you have to update to a new version of Parallels. And those updates cost (typically). I believe they have sorted out most of their driver problems now, but it used to be that installing Parallels would cause nothing but problems for me.

    Bring in VirtualBox. I also do embedded development (Linux host) and VirtualBox saves me when I need a Windows app. The GPU drivers suck but this is typically not a big deal when doing embedded development. Overall, I actually prefer it. If it cost the same as Parallels I would still use VirtualBox.