Technology @lemmy.world ForgottenFlux @lemmy.world 2d ago

Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time

www.techradar.com Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time

It’s for your own good, mind (and some Windows 11 users will get this too)

A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs

It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support

This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC

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Technology @lemmy.zip lemme in @lemm.ee 2d ago

Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time

www.techradar.com /computing/windows/microsoft-stealthily-installs-windows-10-update-to-nag-you-to-upgrade-to-windows-11-and-not-for-the-first-time

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I'm going to upgrade to Ubuntu
Until the AI stuff I would have loved to get an upgrade. Now... Not so much. And good thing my computer doesn't qualify due to their arbitrary standards.
We'll see. I've set the Group policy to limit feature updates to Win 10 22H2. I will be unhappy if they over-ride or reset a GPO.
Can't be nagged about Windows 11 if you never switched to SecureBoot.
Not as bad as a recent security patch which unexpectedly upgraded Windows Server 2022 to 2025 causing at least a few outages I know about for our clients.
And when you try to install, they'll say "no you can't, get a new computer"

Microsoft is really in to the Year of Linux Desktop thing
as per usual, Microsoft remains the biggest advertiser to Linux
How is it gonna nag me to upgrade to Windows 11 when I don't have a TPM?

I'd love to upgrade, the system is completely capable of running it, but because it doesn't have a useless bit of hardware I can't. Fuck em.
If they keep this up when are they going to offer to buy me a new PC for the new OS?
I am very glad I moved to Linux full time
M$oft: "Your hardware, my computer"
Bro istg if I reboot my windows separate ssd and it's windows 11 am fully gonna use Linux
Stuff like this is why I disabled the TPM on my computer. No TPM means that you're "not eligible" for 11, meaning I don't get nagged by the random full screen pop-ups.
Is there anyway to permanently stop windows from updating? I tried few methods off YT but updates do not stop.

(No, don't recommend me Linux. I have tried it(Mint and Manjaro) and it is way out of my skillset)
Didn't they do that since win7?
Anyone know where I can buy a gaming PC with linux preinstalled instead of windows?
Finally, the year of the Linux desktop
I actually had a nightmare last night that my computer updated itself to some horrid version of windows and I spent it all frantically looking for my windows 7 ISO and keygen among old backups to blow it away and start again.
Relevant conversation from 2016
Glad I switched to fedora
Took me a second to realize she wasn't incarcerated.

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