Tag: Windows 10

  • Ready or Not — free Windows 10 Upgrade ending soon

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    If you’re still getting nags on your PC to upgrade to Windows 10, then either I hope that’s an oversight you’ll address before the end of July, or you really do not want the Upgrade. PC World’s article “10 reasons to reject Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade” summarizes why some people are not upgrading. However,

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  • Windows 10 Upgrade sneakiness — latest trick

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    Last week I received a panicky call from a client. The Windows 10 Upgrade was being installed without her permission! She’d not done anything different for the last months — in response to all the nagging to Upgrade, she just clicked on the “X” button in the pop-up. She didn’t want Windows 10 on her

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  • Free Windows 10 Upgrade reminder — offer ends July 29

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    Microsoft announced this week that the free Windows 10 upgrade offer would end on July 29, 2016. What will the Upgrade cost after that date? Well, that’s not clear yet. The current price for a single Windows 10 PC license on Amazon — Microsoft Windows 10 Home USB Flash Drive — is $119. PC World

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  • Windows 10 Upgrade — can you still say no?

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    As indicated in my January 20 post, Microsoft is aggressively pushing Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10. Well, yesterday the situation became more interesting. The Upgrade status was changed from “optional” to “recommended.” What does that mean for you? Here’re some articles which answer that question. Microsoft starts pushing Windows

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  • Windows 10 Upgrade — a warning if you really don’t want it

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    UPDATE 2/2/2016: PC World yesterday noted in their article “It begins: Microsoft starts ‘recommended’ rollout of Windows 10” that: Many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 will start seeing a more aggressive push to upgrade to Windows 10 in the coming days, as Microsoft starts to roll the new operating system out as a recommended

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