New low for Microsoft: Windows 10 forced upgrades continue

[Update]: Microsoft has denied removing the rescheduling option from the Become Windows x dialog box.

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Even afterwards constant user complaints about the behavior of Microsoft'south GWX app, the company is even so persistent on forcing Windows seven and eight.i users to install Windows 10 - no matter what the toll. In a recent such endeavor, Redmond has introduced new changes that will make it more hard to avoid Windows 10 forced updates on your estimator.

Nonstop stories of Windows ten forced upgrades

We recently posted about a scathing user report where Microsoft had changed the behavior of the 10 (close button) on the Get Windows x app. Instead of closing the process, the app started taking the NO every bit a YES and started downloading and installing Windows ten without any further interaction. After a flood of criticism, Microsoft reviewed the newly changed behavior and introduced a 2d popup that would let the user to confirm or delay the installation process.

Turns out, that was only a temporary happiness that Windows 7 and 8 users shared, because the company is again in the news, annoying users. Microsoft is making it extremely hard to avoid automatic Windows ten updates now, and is removing the selection to cancel the update altogether. A report from The Register claims that there is no cancel choice in the update dialog box anymore, as the user is presented withchoicesto either upgrade instantly or choose a upgrade time. As yous can come across in the screenshot below, there is no 10 push button, and only two options. Reports merits that users also aren't able to re-schedule the chosen upgrade time one time they have selected a appointment and time to upgrade on this dialog box.

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No cancel, no rescheduling - Microsoft has taken information technology a step farther to force Windows seven/8 users into upgrading to the latest operating system. Many of our readers have commented that users should just simply make the upgrade. But, if the company really hates Windows seven and eight.1 so much, it should just stop supporting it. Microsoft has promised to support Windows 7 until 2022, and users should be let solitary to apply their favorite operating system until then. As a report fromPCWorldrecently shared that to avoid Windows ten upgrades, users are disabling critical security updates on their Windows 7 machines, which is non but counterproductive simply also puts Microsoft's users at risk.

Windows 10 experienced its largest growth spurt in the calendar month of May after August 2022, a recent analysis had revealed. To achieve its goal of reaching a billion Windows 10 installations, information technology seems likely that we will continue seeing threatening strategies, making users to upgrade to Windows x, whether they want it or non.

[Update]: Microsoft says The Reg's report is "inaccurate:" Microsoft Denies Removing the Close Button from Become Windows 10 App