Nick Kaufman said:For how long can we upgrade to 10 for free?
One year, so there really is no rush...
Nick Kaufman said:For how long can we upgrade to 10 for free?
The problems start with Microsoft’s ominous privacy policy, which is now included in the Windows 10 end-user license agreement so that it applies to everything you do on a Windows PC, not just online. (Disclosure: I worked for Microsoft in the days of Windows XP.) It uses some scary broad strokes:
Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary.
In other words, Microsoft won’t treat your local data with any more privacy than it treats your data on its servers and may upload your local data to its servers arbitrarily—unless you stop Microsoft from doing so. Microsoft’s security story has been far from perfect; this move could make it far worse. For now, it’s not easy to restrict what Windows collects, but here’s how.
If you just want to free up the space you can search for "cleanup" and then select "disk cleanup" then your drive, then "clean up system files" then your drive again. In that list you'll see something about cleaning up old windows versions.Sidearmer said:So I upgraded to Windows 10 on my tablet but noticed that my drive lost a lot of free space, which I imagine is due partly to some remnants of Windows 8 (of course, I may be entirely wrong about this). If I don't care about any of the files currently on my tablet and I just want a clean install of Windows 10 on there, can I just perform a recovery and have Windows remove everything? Or will that not do the trick? Thanks in advance
Sidearmer said:Oh awesome, didn't know about that. Thanks!
Bleedred said:So is the consensus to not upgrade to 10 yet, or go ahead? I have 8.1
the other one might be KB2952664: see this thread - http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/378033-trying-stop-upgrade-win-10-through-win-7-update.htmlIt's getting far more complicated...example KB3075851
MS is proliferating updates with increased urgency (instead of optional, they are recommended or even higher) that get included with all updates to 7 or 8.1.
The above one is one of 2 (can't locate the other number atm) included in the standard August patch Tuesday that include the full package to 'prepare' for the nagging and upgrade to 10.
SoxFanInCali said:People like seeing the latest releases of things. It's why people upgrade their iPhones to new OS versions the day it's released, despite a history of those upgrades not going smoothly. I personally believe in letting someone else find the bugs and wait to hear about feature/security changes, but not everyone works that way. At least it's possible to go back to your old OS if you don't like Windows 10.
Shouldn't this thread title be updated, since pirated copies of Windows 7 and 8 cannot, in fact, upgrade to Windows 10 for free?
wade boggs chicken dinner said:the other one might be KB2952664: see this thread - http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/378033-trying-stop-upgrade-win-10-through-win-7-update.html
edit: the above update is for Win7. For Win8 it's KB2976978.
cmac24 said:I'm running windows XP and just made a mistake that I don't know if I can fix. The computer runs mostly fine, except I can't install the most recent version of itunes. This was not a problem until I upgraded to ios 9, and now my iphone 6 won't sync to itunes. Googling tells me its too late to downgrade to ios 8.4. Will resetting to factory settings work?
If not it looks like my options are:
Upgrade to windows 7 or 8 or 10!?!?! or find an app that will sync music.
Are there any other music players that will sync with an iphone?
Couperin47 said:Microsoft is getting ever more agressive in trying to force everyone to 10, including a raft of "mistakes" in their update process as detailed here:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-upgrade-nags-become-more-aggressive-offer-no-opt-out/
Even more detail can be found connected to the GWX Control Panel, which is free software intended to help one block all MS tactics and allow you to continue using 7 or 8 in peace:
http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html
MS has now begun to offer cash 'incentives' to those who will trade in old Windows or Mac computers for new hardware with Win 10 installed:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-push-heres-what-microsoft-will-pay-for-your-mac-pc/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa said:
Is this how Skynet gets built?
saintnick912 said:People have some concerns about the data collection and sharing settings, which there are links on how to adjust. Otherwise it has been a thoroughly better experience for me than any Windows 8 (or 8.1) device ever was. Just my opinion.
Bleedred said:Is there a general consensus among the computer experts here whether or not to download the free Windows 10 if currently operating Windows 8? Assume the person asking is clueless and once he downloaded Windows 10, he'd be at its mercy.
IpswichSox said:For those of us still on 7 and who have never even tried 8, is there a go-to tutorial or recommended video to study or watch before switching? I was thinking of migrating during a holiday week like around Thanksgiving or Christmas, when I have time to play around and not be frustrated when my productivity nosedives. Or just switch already?
You probably have windows update set to do so automatically and the rest is one of their recent 'mistakes'. You must turn that off, and if/when you revert then get GWX Control Panel here to prevent this in future:Looks like one of my Windows 7 machines is upgrading itself to Windows 10 this morning, completely uninvited by me.
Every time I have seen it I have not installed it, but I don't know how to "hide," so I just left it at that. I just got 23 updates and I can't find it this time. Should I just assume that they have given up on sending it or that they have changed the number? TIA.KB3083710 has been appearing and disappearing for many as an "Important" update that seems to be yet another attempt to install all the Win 10 nagware on machines that have not yet been suitably acting annoyingly enough for the recalcitrant. Look out for it and hide it unless you want this installed.
Depending on your settings, those delays can last as long as eight months. Administrators can also set delays so that they wait until busy periods, such as holidays for retailers or tax time for accountants, are over. Windows Update for Business can stagger deployments, create device groups and scale deployments to minimize the impact on the business. It's worth noting that some updates, such as critical security updates, will take place automatically, regardless of the setting.