Free Windows 10 upgrades are over (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2016-08-19 02:05 (#1QZ17) Will this include forced installs of Win 10 on existing Win 7/8 PCs?Unless I'm mistaken, the free Win10 upgrades are now over. If you didn't accept it before now, you have to buy a copy at more than $100, and certainly won't find it hidden in Windows Updates:http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107789/windows-pcs/end-to-free-upgrade-halts-rapid-windows-10-growth.htmlFrom Microsoft: "the Windows 10 free upgrade offer ended on July 29, 2016."https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12435/windows-10-upgrade-faq Re: Free Windows 10 upgrades are over (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2016-08-21 16:35 (#1R6JT) It's still possible to get the free upgrade if you use pinky swear that you use assistive technologies:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade Re: Free Windows 10 upgrades are over (Score: 1) by genericuser@pipedot.org on 2016-08-23 21:07 (#1RE1R) > It's still possible to get the free upgrade if you use pinky swear that you use assistive technologies:Yes, but the point is that a lot of people don't want Win 10 on their machines and many of us actively oppose it. We also like to be able to reject or decline some of the patches that are offered. For example, I never install any of the Silverlight patches because I don't have Silverlight on my PC. But MS will happily offer them to me regardless.
Re: Free Windows 10 upgrades are over (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2016-08-21 16:35 (#1R6JT) It's still possible to get the free upgrade if you use pinky swear that you use assistive technologies:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade Re: Free Windows 10 upgrades are over (Score: 1) by genericuser@pipedot.org on 2016-08-23 21:07 (#1RE1R) > It's still possible to get the free upgrade if you use pinky swear that you use assistive technologies:Yes, but the point is that a lot of people don't want Win 10 on their machines and many of us actively oppose it. We also like to be able to reject or decline some of the patches that are offered. For example, I never install any of the Silverlight patches because I don't have Silverlight on my PC. But MS will happily offer them to me regardless.
Re: Free Windows 10 upgrades are over (Score: 1) by genericuser@pipedot.org on 2016-08-23 21:07 (#1RE1R) > It's still possible to get the free upgrade if you use pinky swear that you use assistive technologies:Yes, but the point is that a lot of people don't want Win 10 on their machines and many of us actively oppose it. We also like to be able to reject or decline some of the patches that are offered. For example, I never install any of the Silverlight patches because I don't have Silverlight on my PC. But MS will happily offer them to me regardless.