Microsoft to users: You'll download Windows 10, and you'll like it

Iforgot · 31 Oct 2015

Just thought of a saying

The M$ collective
"You will be assimilated"

ThrashZone · 31 Oct 2015

Yep wise up or go with the flow and upgrade

I.T. department expansion or creation

Indianatone · 31 Oct 2015

Oh and what a surprise it has been downloaded again after being removed and the settings were changed to download and install. I know it is Halloween but this is no joke and it is NOT FUNNY.

ThrashZone · 31 Oct 2015

UsernameIssues said:

You would not trust MS to honor these (redundant?) registry settings?

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX]
"DisableGWX"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001

I'm seriously asking for opinions.

Not if on automatic download and install.

UsernameIssues · 31 Oct 2015

Iforgot said:

Just thought of a saying
"You will be assimilated"

So, this thread is filled with Species 8472...
...who eventually stop fighting the Borg
...perhaps to retreat to another operating system.

ThrashZone · 31 Oct 2015

Indianatone said:

Oh and what a surprise it has been downloaded again after being removed and the settings were changed to download and install. I know it is Halloween but this is no joke and it is NOT FUNNY.

I don't believe anyone has said it's funny buddy but sure is off some where
First thought would be a corrupt user account :/

derekimo · 31 Oct 2015

UsernameIssues said:

You would not trust MS to honor these (redundant?) registry settings?

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX]
"DisableGWX"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001

I'm seriously asking for opinions.

Good question. Personally I would expect them too, I haven't used those myself.

I do check every now and then looking for this forced download but it hasn't showed up yet.

I even had it reserved for about 3 weeks after the 7/29 release, still have the GWX icon in the tray

Thinking about it though, that should be the better option in the scenario you mentioned.

Indianatone · 31 Oct 2015

So basically you can set your PC to only download updates when you want them and M$ send out KB3083710 changes your settings to allow the download and update to 10 no matter what your settings are. Registry included. When they throw the update to 10 switch this update KB3083710 allows downloading of all the updates required to upgrade to 10 and downloads and starts the update process. Then you end up like I did almost on 10 or if you were a normal user oh look I got 10.
Of course the next time it will probably have a different number.

Source:

?KB3083710? ? Search ? The Register Forums

UsernameIssues · 31 Oct 2015

I really hope that MS honors those registry settings. I support way to many people (elderly and non-profit offices) to do their updates manually.

ThrashZone · 31 Oct 2015

In a perfect world no,
But once 10 has installed I believe the user account has been corrupted