So, my kids’ computer just upgraded ITSELF to Windows 10.

And no, I did not tell it to. It apparently decided to do this on its own. At least, my kid says that he didn’t tell the computer to upgrade itself, and in any disputed narrative involving Microsoft and my nine-year-old I’m going to believe my nine-year-old. Heck: any nine-year-old, really.

The funny part is, I don’t even mind the upgrade, per se: I’ve had no problems with Windows 10. But it’s a little annoying to have my schedule potentially blown up like this. If I want to upgrade the operating system of any of my computers, I’ll let you know, thanks.

13 thoughts on “So, my kids’ computer just upgraded ITSELF to Windows 10.”

  1. Yup, it does that. Basically you get a dialog that if you don’t answer it precisely correctly, it will do that.

    1. Oh, and it doesn’t do it immediately, where you’d see it and stop it, it schedules it for 4am or something.

  2. My problem was exactly the opposite – I was trying to deliberately upgrade the laptop from the never-to-be-sufficently-damned Win 8.1 and I had trouble finding how to do it. Managed it in the end and am happier as a result.

    1. Yeah, actually wanted to upgrade a couple of my machines and found it very hard to get the installer working. MS apparently has a second different install procedure they only mention on help pages that worked for me.

  3. What Skip said.
    It opens a dialog box where you can opt out of the update if you make a determined effort. But it likes to throw up that box while you’re browsing the web, and it looks very much like a pop up ad. Then, if you don’t give it the answer it wants, it’ll try again every couple of weeks.

    1. From what I understand from my girlfriend, who’s had to deal with this nonsense, even if you go into the registry and stop the dialog box from coming up, it’ll reset itself so the damned dialog box comes back again.

  4. Microsoft really does not want to support anything other than Windows 10. It’s doing its darndest to push people to upgrade, willingly or not.

    1. What they absolutely do not want is Windows Vista Service Pack 2 with a UI refresh (aka Windows 7) turning into another OS that won’t die.

  5. Microsoft is like an SJW or a government functionary:

    If you are perfectly content with the way things are going, then something is seriously wrong and must be corrected from that state of affairs as quickly and painfully as possible.

  6. Microsoft has declared Windows 10 to be a mandatory upgrade for about 2 months now. The only way to prevent it is to stop it from updating.

  7. I installed GWX Control Panel. It eliminates windows asking you to install W10 and prevents it from doing so without your knowledge.

Comments are closed.