Calum, thank you. You made your point. There are hundreds, if not thousands of articles on the subject of The Windows 10 upgrade options. I
f one pays attention and reads the details, there should be no issue.Of course you pay attention, Calum. I try. But I don't know how many users really read the details.
A number of seasoned users claim MS tricked them into getting Windows 10 and afterwards they found n they did not expect it to happen overnight.
In my case, I have keep a copy of Windows XP on my system. Windows auto-update will not work with XP, only windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 versions. I have my PC to auto start itself early in the morning. Then when I have finished breakfast I can reboot and get into Windows 7. And yes, I do have the Windows 10 also installed on this old Dell Desktop. When I am in Windows, the Auto Update has piped up on my screen and I dismiss it. So far I have not installed any tool that will stop it.
(Some have said that I am not entitled to have both Windows 7 and Windows 10. I disagree. I have two licenses for windows 7, so I do not think I have hurt MS in any way by using three different versions of Windows on one machine. I have as many licenses for all.)
But about the trick from Microsoft, the changing the X to mean
'I don't care' when it used to mean
'get out of mu face' , has many veterans users up in arms.
Steve Gibson is one of many, many professionals that are crying
foul.
But whee is the referee?Steve Gibson's Never 10 Helps You Turn Off the Windows 10 Upgrade ...
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/.../steve-gibsons-never-1...
Mar 28, 2016 - Steve Gibson's Never 10 Helps You Turn Off the Windows 10 ... Disables the automatic upgrade to Windows 10. .. You visited this page on 5/29/16.
Link Here:I use Windows 10 for a specific need I have. But often I don't use it for general use. When Window 7 becomes no longer piratical, I will use a third-party program I help me adjust to the strange desktop of Windows 10.