June 28, 2016 By Mahit Huilgol
It appears that the recent turn of events where a user successfully sued Microsoft for forcefully updating the system, seems to have prodded Microsoft to change their free Windows 10 upgrade policy.
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Microsoft will now let you decline the free Windows 10 Upgrade
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Well, despite being a fervent fan of Windows 10 (and proudly so) I am glad to see the heavy handed tatics consigned to the 'bin' and users get a choice...will be interesting to see if 'Decline free offer' really is that...and not just another ruse. ;)
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I agree Baldrick 100%. The heavy handed tactics are wrong and as far as I am concerned W10 sells itself without those tactics. I installed W10 on the computers of 2 friends computers at the weekend and both are impressed with it.@ wrote:
Well, despite being a fervent fan of Windows 10 (and proudly so) I am glad to see the heavy handed tatics consigned to the 'bin' and users get a choice...will be interesting to see if 'Decline free offer' really is that...and not just another ruse. ;)
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If a person doesn't want Windows 10 just use one of these tools and it will stop it dead! https://community.webroot.com/t5/Techie/Remove-GWX-Notification-for-Windows-Upgrade-to-Windows-10-for/td-p/238719 you don't have to be a Rocket Scientist...you just have to know.
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