I’ve been writing for months about the nagware that Microsoft forces upon users to get them to upgrade to Windows 10, including the fact that the nagware has a tendency to pop up at very inconvenient times. Well, Microsoft has told The Register that the nagware is going to be terminated on July 29th.
A spokesperson for the software giant told us on Friday:
Details are still being finalized, but on July 29th the Get Windows 10 app that facilitates the easy upgrade to Windows 10 will be disabled and eventually removed from PCs worldwide. Just as it took time to ramp up and roll out the Get Windows 10 app, it will take time to ramp it down.
After that date, you’ll have to sort yourself out, or breath a sigh of relief in the ensuing silence if you’re holding out on Windows Vista, 7 or 8.
That does sound good on the surface. But July 29th is also the day that free upgrades to Windows 10 stop. So clearly, Microsoft isn’t really doing this because they are sorry. But at least the nagging will stop.
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Microsoft Windows 10 Nagware To Be Deep Sixed In July
I’ve been writing for months about the nagware that Microsoft forces upon users to get them to upgrade to Windows 10, including the fact that the nagware has a tendency to pop up at very inconvenient times. Well, Microsoft has told The Register that the nagware is going to be terminated on July 29th.
A spokesperson for the software giant told us on Friday:
Details are still being finalized, but on July 29th the Get Windows 10 app that facilitates the easy upgrade to Windows 10 will be disabled and eventually removed from PCs worldwide. Just as it took time to ramp up and roll out the Get Windows 10 app, it will take time to ramp it down.
After that date, you’ll have to sort yourself out, or breath a sigh of relief in the ensuing silence if you’re holding out on Windows Vista, 7 or 8.
That does sound good on the surface. But July 29th is also the day that free upgrades to Windows 10 stop. So clearly, Microsoft isn’t really doing this because they are sorry. But at least the nagging will stop.
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