Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update

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Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update
Topic Started: Jun 29 2016, 05:27 AM (334 Views)
Darcie	Jun 29 2016, 05:27 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: Teri Goldstein said her Windows 7 computer had automatically tried to update itself to Windows 10 without her permission. She said the update had made her machine unstable, leaving her unable to use it to run her business. Microsoft said it had dropped its appeal to save on legal costs. Microsoft has been aggressively pushing the latest version of its widely used operating system, which is currently available as a free download for computers running Windows 7 and 8. However, many people have chosen not to upgrade, because they are running old hardware, have software that does not run on Windows 10, are concerned over the software's tracking features, or simply do not want it. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36640464 I suspect that this is what happened to my desktop before my computer guru came and rescued it and turned off automatic updates and also put it back to May 30th. I know of others who have had problems, maybe we also could get some dollars for our difficulties and worries and work.



agate	Jun 29 2016, 06:08 AM Post #2
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Wouldn't that be nice :) So far I have avoided it and I do not want it.



Trotsky	Jul 1 2016, 12:35 AM Post #3
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: However, many people have chosen not to upgrade, because they are running old hardware, have software that does not run on Windows 10, are concerned over the software's tracking features, or simply do not want it. For me, it is the "tracking features" that I don't want. There is more than enough snooping going on without my OS chiming in with more. If it auto-loads for you, like it did on Bob's laptop, simply choose NO when it asks you to read and accept the terms of service agreement...it will automatically revert to Windows 7. If you have Windows 8, you might as well take Windows 10. Edited by Trotsky, Jul 1 2016, 12:38 AM.



Delphi51	Jul 1 2016, 06:37 AM Post #4
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Apparently the free updates end in early July so that should be the end of it. One computer I occasionally see would not start up in Windows ten so I rolled it back to 8.1 without difficulty. It's an HP desktop about 10 months old. I saw it a few days ago, refusing to let the owner log in to Windows until "authenticated with all devices". It seems this was due to an HP update that caused many computers to think a fingerprint scanner was installed. I spent an hour with HP telephone support and they couldn't help, refused to believe what I had found out about the problem on the HP support forum and finally said $200 would have to be paid before they could work on it. I called the Geek Squad at Best Buy and got it sorted out in 20 minutes.



Trotsky	Jul 3 2016, 03:22 AM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: Apparently the free updates end in early July so that should be the end of it. For REAL, Delphi? I was going to wait until the last minute and then probably take it...and then grind through the learning curve. Do you know the date for the cutoff? If down the road I have to BUY something that I turned down for free I will be disconsolate.



Delphi51	Jul 3 2016, 09:19 AM Post #6
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Oops, it's early AUGUST so you still have time. I should take advantage of it, too - easy to roll back. But I expect to keep my most used computer on XP until it dies. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/new-product/windows/windows-10-release-date-price-features-uk-fall-update-hello-august-3496959/



Trotsky	Jul 4 2016, 04:51 AM Post #7
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	The KILL date for the free Win 10 Upgrade is July 29,



Delphi51	Jul 4 2016, 04:16 PM Post #8
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Yes, I saw that just before clicking "update". Nine hours later I'm at 99% downloaded. I expect it will all be a waste because I'm pretty sure the computer is running Windows 7 enterprise, which is not elegible for the free update.



Delphi51	Jul 5 2016, 02:10 PM Post #9
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	It worked! Still at 99% this morning, I stopped it, rebooted and ran the upgrade program again. It took quite a while to get past 1% download and I just about gave up. But an hour later it was at 50% so I let it go to the finish. It works pretty well on the at least 6 year old computer I bought for $50 from the adult Ed center when they got new ones. I used my inside information to choose a computer that had a hard drive replacement and somehow got Windows 7 professional instead of the enterprise version. It will be good for me to use win 10 a bit and try to drag myself into the modern age.



Trotsky	Jul 6 2016, 02:38 AM Post #10
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Delphi51 Jul 5 2016, 02:10 PM It will be good for me to use win 10 a bit and try to drag myself into the modern age. Let us know how your adventure goes blow by blow: What you like and what you hate. I may take the upgrade AGAIN later in the month if you haven't committed suicide.



Delphi51	Jul 6 2016, 03:06 AM Post #11
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I rarely use a computer now so it will take a long time to really get into it. Probably next time I'm doing an adult Ed class. It's iPad for most browsing, email, etc. I do want to get one of my rescued 5-years-newer desktops up and running, first on Windows 7, then maybe upgrade to 10. Heading out to BC for a few days camping today.



Delphi51	Jul 12 2016, 01:08 PM Post #12
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Today I installed my birthday present hard drive in one of the computers I rescued from the school district van heading for the dump, installed Windows 7 from the Digital River DVD image, and it is now upgrading to Windows 10. Had two glitches. First the cd drive didn't work so I had to install one from one of the other computers. Second, the win 10 upgrade said the win 7 key was not elegible for the free upgrade, offering to sell me one, speak to M$ or use another key. I chose the later and the key from one of my spares was acceptable. I see it is easy to set up a dual boot and have XP and 10 on the same machine so I will probably do that since I am short of desk space for all these computers. I am skeptical about XP being less secure than the newer versions. In many cases the newest Windows still has the bugs of older versions - and maybe some new ones. Oh, one other glitch. CDburnerXP Pro refused to write the win 7 ISO image. I finally tried using my daughter's notebook with the older CDburnerXP (not pro) and it worked perfectly.



Delphi51	Jul 13 2016, 06:00 PM Post #13
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Quite a battle! The win 10 upgrade program stalled at 99% THREE times! That took 24 hours and cost me about 9 GB of internet downloading. Finally I gave up and installed Windows 10 from a memory stick installation that i downloaded from Microsoft in January. That installed quickly. It failed to Activate - the windows 7 code was not eligible. Perhaps that was the reason why it kept stalling at 99%, a clever way of punishing me for having a bad code. Anyway, in start-settings-security-activate, I chose to enter a new code and put in the windows 7 code from the sticker on the computer (which was rejected for activating windows 7 earlier) and it was accepted for windows 10. Lesson learned - I'll never choose to free update to win 10 via the installer program one gets from microsoft.com. Far better to download the dvd or memory stick image just once and make a bootable install disk or stick. As I recall, I did not need any utility to create the bootable memory stick - the MS software on the download page took care of it. I've got a funny little problem with this desktop. When booting it says the computer case has been opened - press F1 to continue. I see there is a switch triggered by opening or closing the case. Maybe it died. I see the CD drive had a manufacture date of 2011 on it so the computer is probably 5 years old. Good for another 5 I guess. By then they will be pushing Windows 15. Edited by Delphi51, Jul 13 2016, 06:03 PM.



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