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Windows 10 Upgrade Nagware Removed from Windows 7/8.1
After launch mid-summer last year, Microsoft started offering Windows 10 as a free upgrade to Windows 7 and 8.1 users. As part of the effort to advertise this new offer, Microsoft took a variety of steps to ensure users were made aware of it. Unfortunately, these methods ranged from the…
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Loophole Means Windows 10 Upgrade is Still Free
Microsoft’s year-long free upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8.1 officially ended at midnight on Friday (29th July), but a new loophole could give you access to the company’s latest operating system beyond the now-expired offer period. Windows 7 and 8.1 users that rely on ‘assistive technologies’ –…
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Microsoft Takes ‘Get Windows 10’ Full-Screen
In its final push for Windows 10 free upgrades before the offer expires at the end of this month, Microsoft has taken its “Get Windows 10” hassleware full-screen. Recommended update KB3173040 for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 pushes a purple full-screen pop-up encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 10 before…
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Microsoft Adds Decline Windows 10 Button Following Lawsuit
Microsoft is set to introduce a decline button to its Get Windows 10 hassleware pop-up window, and not before time. Since May 2015, Microsoft has become increasingly pushy in its efforts to persuade Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to its new operating system, to the point where…
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Microsoft is Now Upgrading PCs to Windows 10 Without Permission
Since Windows 10 was launched last year, Microsoft has been employing increasingly dirty tricks in order to force Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users into “upgrading” to the new operating system, evolving from gentle harassment to misleading pop-ups, repeatedly pushing upgrade-related Windows Updates, with the latest tactic being to sneak…
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Microsoft Brings Back KB3035583 to Force Windows 10 Upgrades
Last year’s Windows update KB3035583 for Windows 7 and 8.1, which automatically downloaded Windows 10 on to users’ computers without their permission, then hassled them to install the upgrade is back, and this time it’s marked as a “recommended update”. While the update does not seem to appear in Windows…
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