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Heads-up for Windows users who do NOT want Windows 10

Not sure which forum is best for this, so picked general.

Just a heads-up for Windows 7/8 users that are still avoiding Windows 10 (myself included). As of Monday, Microsoft will be be automatically pushing Windows upgrades to users as part of the regular Window Update mechanism, which is typically used for security updates an the like:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/02/microsoft_ups_pressure_win_10_holdouts

It is still possible to opt-out. For example, I download but do not automatically install the recommended updates (so I get a chance to vet updates that could be disruptive, like this one!) - but the settings from a default Windows install are to automatically perform the upgrade.

If you have a limited download cap, you might want to take action too, as this could easily blow through your download capacity for the month - especially if the upgraded Windows 10 immediate starts downloading its own set of updates... (I don't know if MS have got better at rolling upgrades into the base OS they send out.)
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