Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade promotion has been a resounding success and resulted in the fastest Windows adoption rate on record. However, this has come at the expense of the company’s reputation among some loyal Windows users who dislike the notion of being pestered to upgrade. Many consumers are content with their current operating system or feel sceptical about Windows 10 after reading negative headlines about privacy. Annoyingly, the “Get Windows 10” app constantly runs in the Windows Tray and is an obnoxious method of encouraging people to upgrade. There have even been cases when PCs automatically updated themselves to Windows 10 but I haven’t personally seen this myself. Of course, the free upgrade ends relatively soon and Microsoft is returning to the traditional paid strategy.
According to Tom’s Hardware, Microsoft is automatically setting a date to install Windows 10 without your permission. Thankfully, you can change the upgrade schedule or cancel it, but most users will probably be completely unaware and find their system suddenly rebooting to run the operating system update. Once again, this is a very disappointing turn of events and Microsoft’s obsession to make people upgrade is negatively impacting on people’s perceptions of the company. Thankfully, this nonsense will end fairly soon and people can enjoy using their current operating system without being hassled.
Have you upgraded to Windows 10? Let’s us know your thoughts about Microsoft’s operating system and the upgrade process in the comments section below. Personally, I find the notion of updates being automatically installed a nightmare, but at least you can disable this feature.
do microsoft assume everyone is running stuff that is 100% windows 10 compatible, what if someones business is ruined cause they have a program that only runs in windows 7 and its automatically updated without permission? i could smell a lawsuit.
Just look at the US army. All their hardware runs on XP
yeah but i dont think there is even a update to push to update to windows 10 so XP isn’t a problems
Shouldve looked into making those applications not OS dependant a long time ago already.
Your own fault. It’s companies like yours that do not invest enough in ICT that make private data easily leakable.
Since W10 is supposed to be their final OS I can see why they’re so anxious to get everybody on the same page. I’ll bet there’s thousands of people whose update failed due to a one time error, like not enough disk space, or a corrupted update or install. Don’t know why people disregard W10 so easily… every other OS is getting phased out, while W10 is getting lots of updates and new features all the time.. W10 is running on tablets and phones, I’m sure it can run on your 3 year old laptop.. Don’t be afraid of change, people!