Is Microsoft getting more pushy with 10

[SuperDave]

I booted into Win 8.1 last night and nothing comes up about upgrading to Win 10. Is MS ignoring me?

[DaveLembke]

I booted into Win 8.1 last night and nothing comes up about upgrading to Win 10. Is MS ignoring me?

Run all updates and then next time you see the Windows 10 upgrade blat on the screen click on the [X] box to get rid of it like I have been doing and you might also be blessed with their forced upgrade attempt and no longer ignored. 

[patio]

I booted into Win 8.1 last night and nothing comes up about upgrading to Win 10. Is MS ignoring me?

This would be a good thing...count yer blessings...for now.

[SuperDave]

I had a call last night from a friend who had his laptop upgraded to Win 10 by itself. They really are getting pushy.

[Computer_Commando]

They only have 60 more days to get all the remaining Win7, 8 8.1 machines updated to 10 before the free upgrade expires.

[BC_Programmer]

They only have 60 more days to get all the remaining Win7, 8 8.1 machines updated to 10 before the free upgrade expires.

Who is "They" exactly?

[SuperDave]

I left Win 8.1 on for over two hours and received 52 updates but no upgrade to 10. I feel so left out.

[BC_Programmer]

I left Win 8.1 on for over two hours and received 52 updates but no upgrade to 10. I feel so left out.

Do you have KB3035583? That seems to be teh "key to the kingdom" of sorts.

On systems that aren't compatible the notification icon appears (Get Windows 10) but it doesn't appear to show any nags. My Win7 and Win8 Virtual Machines all have the GWX program but it doesn't do anything on it's own- eg no nags, and if I click it says that I have an incompatible device (VMWare SVGA) and that I should contact the manufacturer. It also offers to show me where I can buy a new PC as well, which I think is hilarious.

[SuperDave]

I will look for that update the next time I boot in Win 8.1. On another note, I reverted my Notebook to Win 7 even though it's been over two months since I upgraded.

[Geek-9pm]

From BC

It also offers to show me where I can buy a new PC as well, which I think is hilarious.

It is hilarious...   

[DaveLembke]

It also offers to show me where I can buy a new PC as well, which I think is hilarious.

So what online store or manufacturer are they promoting ?   *Curious who the high bidder is to pay Microsoft for advertising within their OS. 

Next they will have FREE OS with commercial blocks and to use it without commercial blocks they will require a monthly subscription to be paid so that you cant get out cheap on an OS such as XP for $100 for Home or $140 for Pro as a one time fee and get 15 years use out of it, but you actually pay a subscription "Royalty on Length of Use" So instead if $100 or $140 its like $8 a month for Home and $10 a month for Pro.

How much longer will it be before subscription OS's are created for continued revenue similar to how video game companies charge for use for online games! 

World Of Microsoft - "You Are Not Prepared!" 

[patio]

On that note even though it's been done kinda quietly the Office subscription plans are making MS a boatload of cash...

So you may be correct about OS's being that way eventually...

[BC_Programmer]

So what online store or manufacturer are they promoting

The Microsoft Store.

The actual Dialog:


"Check out new PCs" takes me to:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/cat/Computers/categoryID.64512100


The subscription OS point is surprisingly salient. As tricky as they are being with Windows 10 upgrades, that's using Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1's Windows Update, which provides far more user control. Windows 10's Windows Update applets restrict the ability to set many options, and disabling it requires a group policy, rather than selecting a drop-down option.  If Microsoft wanted to push a new subscription OS it would be trivial to do it after "everyone" is on Windows 10. "Congratulations, you've been upgraded to Windows 365! As part of this free upgrade, you receive a free month subscription. Be sure to add your credit card To Windows in order to keep using your computer beyond <date>!"

Then there will be a piece of tiny link text in the corner "I don't want Windows 365". When you click it it shows another dialog.

You've selected to not upgrade to Windows 365. We're sorry to see you go. You can easily rollback to Windows 10, but before you do, consider all that you'll be missing! In Windows 365:

-We changed Cortana's icon to Blue.
-The Notepad icon now includes a picture of a toaster
-The Notification tray on the taskbar only supports 16-color icons to save memory.
-Rather than show your programs, the Start Menu now shows several pages of recommended applications.
-In order to make your life interesting Windows 365 will intentionally bugcheck during boot 1 out of 10 times.
-In order to keep you focused and productive, Windows 365 keeps you from being distracted by only allowing one program to be open at a time.

It will have a giant "I want Windows 365" button and then in the corner "decline this offer" in tiny text. When you click that it gives you a mailing address to send a letter to in the post to get your rollback key.

[SuperDave]

Windows 10 will be the last OS from MS.

[DaveLembke]

When you click that it gives you a mailing address to send a letter to in the post to get your rollback key.

My thoughts before getting to this part of your post was that Microsoft hold off playing this card until after the roll back period expires and roll it out in Sept 2016 as sorry your trapped with 10. 

Interesting that they directed it to their own store and that there is a variety of brands there.