Microsoft once again gets pushy with Windows 10 upgrades
Microsoft has done so much to undo its negative image from years past that the "Get Windows 10" program seems like such an unusual aberration. It's beyond pushy, and I cannot recall Microsoft ever trying so hard to force a product on consumers, least of all an operating system.
But that's what's happening. In March it included a program called GWX as part of Patch Tuesday that nagged users to upgrade to Windows 10. You had constant nagging from a notification pop-up in the system tray, surreptitious downloading of up to 5GB of installation files, and even the launching of an installer without user input.
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