You will upgrade to Windows 10: Inside Microsoft's strong-arm upgrade

lehnerus2000 · 29 Jan 2016

whs said:

They count on the fact that there are not really any serious alternatives. Most people are scared of Linux (without reason) and then there is not much more - maybe OSX if you want to pay a premium.

I built a LM17.3 MATE VM a few days ago (HDD-based VM and ISO) using VMware Workstation.

Once the live session had loaded, it took ~5 minutes to install the entire OS and programs.

Note:
I disconnected the network, so that it wouldn't try to download a huge stack of language packs.

Diosoth · 29 Jan 2016

whs said:

This is the setting you need and then you can control it.

This is what I have chosen, and have since their updates started nearly bricking my PC thanks to driver-update incompatibilities. I don't get this forced update nonsense.

ThrashZone · 30 Jan 2016

Mandatory updates well with the new win-10 updating system it's not all that weird,
The default setting is to get updates from other machines on the internet also other local networks
So it is an interesting concept but very risky if a computer is infected

How to Stop Windows 10 From Uploading Updates to Other PCs Over the Internet

Windows Update Delivery Optimization: FAQ - Windows Help