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Windows 10 upgrade installing automatically on some Windows 7, 8 systems
For the first year of its availability, Windows 10 is available for free to most Windows 7 and 8 users, and Microsoft has been trying to coax those users to make the switch by delivering the operating system through Windows Update. Until now, the OS has been delivered as an optional update; while Windows Update gives it prominent positioning, it shouldn't be installed automatically.
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First it downloads quietly even without permission and now it's trying to install that way too. Microsoft Windows 10, It's yours by any means necessary!
I am wary of anything offered to me for free. I was always taught that "you" are the product if something costs you nothing. Is there anyone here that knows the explanation of their business model with the windows 10 rollout?
SCCM isn't working right now at my job, so we've reverted to using Microsoft for Windows updates. What a horrible decision that was.
We have that happen a few times here even on the domain since we don't use WSUS. It can get a bit annoying. It seems to happen on any new computer we image that was off the domain even for a few seconds.