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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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Windows Phone Is Now ‘On Hold’
Microsoft has been keen on promoting their “one platform for all premise”. This meant that no matter what device you were using, be it your computer, a tablet or a phone, you would experience the same system. The concept of Windows Phone has recently been put in doubt, with major…
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Microsoft Will Now Support Windows 7 and 8.1 For New Processors
Technology changes, that is an inevitable fact. As we produce more and more powerful designs and techniques we create new pieces of hardware and sometimes this causes trouble for those who aren’t quite ready to move on. Microsoft announced previously that those wanting to use the latest in Intel’s processors,…
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Microsoft Slips Ad Generator Into Windows 7/8.1 Security Update
Microsoft has been getting more brazen every day as they continue to try to get users to upgrade to Windows 10. After making Windows 10 a recommended update for Windows 7 and 8.1 systems, Microsoft may have gone too far with their latest step. If Microsoft’s own documentation is to…
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Windows 8 To Stop Receiving Security Updates
Microsoft recently cut off support for their popular operating system, Windows 7. In light of this, you would think their later operating systems would have a little longer left on the clock? Not if you are one of the users who stuck with Windows 8. The follow-up and slightly controversial…
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How to Permanently Prevent Forced Windows 10 Download
Microsoft is set to introduce Windows 10 as a recommended update through Windows Update for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 very soon, meaning that millions of users will be inadvertently upgrading their operating system merely by installing recommended updates. Thankfully, there is a way to disable this automatic upgrade which…
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Microsoft Calls Sticking With Windows 7 a Security “Risk”
At the end of December, NetMarketShare reported that Windows 7 is the most popular operating system in the world, taking a huge 55% of the market share, compared to Windows 10’s meagre 9.9%, despite being installed over 200 million times since its release in July 2015. Microsoft has been pushing…
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New Windows 7 and 8.1 Update Causing Trouble and Crashes
Security updates are a usually a good thing and most people will just install them all thinking that they are better off with them installed than without. In most cases, that is also true, but once in a while an update creates more trouble than it does anything else. The…
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Windows 10 Upgrades Will Start Installing Automatically Next Year
When Microsoft released Windows 10 early this year, the new operating system was meant to unify the Windows/Microsoft ecosystem. In an effort to achieve homogeneity among its desktop user base, Microsoft is taking extreme measures to push Windows 10 onto Windows 7/8.1 users. Starting next year, the Windows 10 update…
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Windows 10 Upgrade May Automatically Install on Windows 7/8.1 Systems
Microsoft has been pushing their new Windows 10 OS pretty heavily since launch a little over two months ago. Due to those efforts, the Windows 8.1 replacement managed to hit 75 million installs in just 1 month, with the 2nd month reporting in at over 110 million installed devices. We’re…
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Windows 10 Hits 110 Million Mark by Second Month
Earlier in the month, we got word that Windows 10 had surpassed the 100 million install mark. While that was an unofficial source, we now getting word directly from Microsoft that their new operating system managed to hit 110 million installs in the first 2 months. By this point of the month,…
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How to Stop Windows 7 and 8 From Spying on You
By now, the internet is saturated with articles advising Windows 10 users how to stop the new operating system from tracking and collecting their data, with many existing Windows 7 and 8.1 users breathing a sigh of relief that they rejected their free Windows 10 update. What many are unaware…
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Windows 10 Data Policy is Optionally Coming to Older Operating Systems
The recently revised “Microsoft Services Agreement” has caused a great deal of controversy and could theoretically disable pirated games and unauthorized software. Additionally there are concerns about Microsoft’s data policy in regards to monitoring user activity. It’s still unclear what the true extent of these updated terms are, but some users…
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How to Stop Windows 10 From Sharing Your Bandwidth
The Windows 10 upgrade procedure is remarkably simple and easily reversed if you prefer an older operating system. To manage the bandwidth demands, Microsoft uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) system which allows your network to host the data for additional machines. However, a number of Reddit users discovered the P2P update delivery protocol…
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Windows 10 Market Share Rises to 3.55 Percent
Despite some of the negative press surrounding Windows 10’s hidden snooping tools, the operating system appears to be roaring success and has extended its market share to 3.55 percent. The latest data comes from the weekly Statcounter report and shows a distinct shift from Windows 8.1 to Microsoft’s latest operating…
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