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Windows 10 ninja update.

Posted by Tasidar
Tasidar
member, 250 posts
Thu 19 May 2016
at 21:08
  • msg #1

Windows 10 ninja update.

I left my computer on downloading a file and when I came back it had started, irreversibly, updating to Windows 10. When it had finished it (naturally) had stopped working - the main problem being that I can't open the box that displays all the wireless connections on offer.

Non functionality aside isn't this unlawful? I didn't ask for this.
Tyr Hawk
member, 192 posts
You know that one guy?
Yeah, that's me.
Thu 19 May 2016
at 21:26
  • msg #2

Windows 10 ninja update.

I do not know, but I'd bet everything in my pockets that the upgrade was buried in some ToS or another that you agreed to without reading (which, honestly, who has the time? Even I only read the ALL CAPS text as I skim, and that's being overly-cautious, according to some of my friends). It could've been within Windows ToS, their upgrade services, or even within whatever the file you were downloading had with it. Could've been days ago, or months ago, or even way back when Windows 10 was first announced. Because I would imagine it wouldn't be legal to install software without permission, but... yeah.

As far as broken functionality, I'd need a bit more information before I could help with that (though you didn't ask for help with the internet options directly so...), like which version of Windows 10 you were ninja'd with.
Sittingbull
member, 202 posts
Don't you give me a link.
I use 24K dial-up.
Fri 20 May 2016
at 00:51
  • msg #3

Windows 10 ninja update.

You have 30 days to remove windows 10, is the last I heard from my repair and removal technician.  If the 30 days bit is still good do it, do it now.  After 30 days, Windows 10 is much harder to remove I was told.  They have gotten so much business from people who had automatic updates and got Windows 10 without even knowing they were.
nauthiz
member, 463 posts
Fri 20 May 2016
at 01:18
  • msg #4

Windows 10 ninja update.

There are supposedly two points where you have to confirm you want Windows 10 installed under the new update scheme.  One random dialog box that informs you Windows 10 will be installing at some point soon, and then an agreement with the TOS after Windows 10 has finished installing but before it first boots up to the desktop.

Some have reported clicking through these because they don't really read things.  Others have said the process is bugged and they did not get either, Windows 10 simply installed like any other update and they returned to a computer with Windows 10 up and running on the new desktop.

As Sittingbull said, you can roll back if it has been less than 30 days as Windows 10 does have that safeguard built in, in case of unforeseen compatibility issues.

http://windows.microsoft.com/e...dows-7-or-windows-81  Gives the details on how to roll back.

As for lawfulness, Windows 10 is considered an update to the Operating System by Micrsoft, and you only get the auto-upgrade if you have your previous version of Windows set to automatically download and install Recommended Updates.  So... who knows?
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