Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users

I would upgrade to windows 11 if it wasn't full of ads, I had two computers accidentally upgrade after mis-clicking an upgrade prompt and the experience was bad enough I reloaded the whole computer.

Not only that, but it doesn't make sense to have a task bar on the bottom of an ultrawide display. I've been putting my taskbar on the left side for over a decade, and now you just can't do that for some reason....

This popped up over the weekend on my work PC. It was an emergency and I absolutely needed to get to my desktop ASAP.

Nope. Full screen advertisement for Windows 11 demanding my immediate and undivided attention. Blocking all other functions, commands, and inputs. I must interact with this ad or else I cannot use my computer.

Fuck. That.

I am never installing Windows 11. I am never buying another Microsoft operating system. Specifically because of this sort of heavy-handed dark patterned bullshit. Not to mention the fact that Windows 10 is dog shit.

Windows 11? Ads. New outlook program? Ads. Old outlook iOS app? Now injecting ads there too.

Ads are a cancer on the internet.

One of the main reasons many still are on Windows 10, is that 4 year old hardware is appearently too old

There’s a reason everyone says “Just use Linux”

Slows my pc down while downloading and prepping upgrade. Attempts upgrade. Not compatible. Undoes upgrade. Bitches to upgrade the next week...

These incessant, full-screen upgrade ads, with no way of canceling other than a small "Remind me later" tucked away in the corner, where the final straw from me switching to Linux.

I guess I'm lucky I just get the "System requirements not met" instead of the Win11 update option.

Windows 10 is the end of the line for me regardless of software compatibility.

That's it Microsoft...keep pushing more people to use Linux. 🐧

lol my reasonably good gaming pc doesn't even meet the minimum system requirements. I don't have anything with a cpu that's in the "list of approved CPUs" 😎. Guess I can't use Windows even if I wanted to. 🤷

So. If my PC cannot be upgraded because of your bullshit requirements, can you leave me alone please.

Also in win 11.. if I have an office subscription activated in the OS can you please not throw ads for office 365 then.

It's nonsense.

Jokes on them, I disabled by TPM chip and I'm now incompatible. Fuck W11

I had to update my BIOS a while ago and it set TPM back to disabled as default. Voila. No Windows 11 prompts because, as far as it can tell, I do not meet the requirements.

My $2000 PC built a year before its release with no TPM will beg to differ.

what was that nice app that would block Windows 10 upgrades?

got a book on Linux from the library this week, and I've been speaking with a friend who runs Linux full time on his system. looking to make the switch within the next few weeks; absolutely done with windows, personally.

Say what you will about Apple but I don't have to put up with this insane shit at least on their computers. I really wonder how long they hold out on this stuff.

Every time I see people complain about this while I'm running PopOS https://media.npr.org/news/images/2008/dec/12/sip_200-8cd52659abd57bb28c4d7bd3797c582d77527643-s6-c30.jpg

Drop requirements for TPM and secure boot then.

That shit is just Xbone Kinect all over again.

Windows is like the corner prostitute: pay some money, usually get what you want although not the best, occasionally get some horrible disease

Linux is like the sweet SO: has its quirks but you love them for it. let's you grow in your skills but that can be challenging at times. Surprises you in good and bad ways.

Edit: for grammar

Shit tier os

I finally swapped to Linux and it's been easier than I expected. Don't know if I'll ever go back to only windows.

My hardware couldn't run Windows 11 anyway. But if it could, I still would've installed Linux.

I'm done needing 10 different tweaking programs before Windows works the way I want it to. I don't want an OS that is working against my workflow.

I've had TPM disabled in the BIOS since I got this machine (which is getting pretty long in the tooth, granted). Can't upgrade, doesn't bug me about it.

Next computer will be the latest OS at the time, but I get to decide when that is.

Hope they push so hard to a point that finally most of users adopt Linux and developers focus more in Linux

Off topic, why does clicking keep windows 10 trigger the admin pop up? What does it need permission to do? It ain't for removing the ad because I still get it most boots

My machine can't handle that upgrade and I've not gotten any popups, thankfully.

I want to get the microsoft monkey off my back, can anyone point me to a guide or give me steps to making the switch?

Trust bust tech

I wish they'd stop defaulting to the goddamn boot drive for updates.. I don't have the space

Give me back my vertical side-docked taskbar or STFU.

No, I don't want to deal with Explorer Patcher.

Just reinstall xp and these will stop.

I got the full-screen splash screen depicted on the second screenshot a couple of weeks ago, I screamed "No!" thinking Microsoft upgraded me to W11 without my consent. My partner thought my computer was broken 😂

I was able to solve this annoying problem by replacing my PC with a raspberry pi running android.

Yep. Just turned on my win10 machine and had a full screen spread trying to get me to upgrade which I had to decline 3 different times to get to my desktop. Keep this up M$oft and I’m gonna switch entirely to Linux and run windows in a VM.

Maybe you want to open that file in browser right? Ok setting default to open in browser!

But I really like the app because It was working just fine except for a few stupid glitches everywhere...!

What's that? So you really love the browser for files! That's great! Yeah it's compatible with Firefox we just put the file menu here, prin behind settings, view, you gotta triple click...oh very compatible!

But just wait until you want to do a teams meeting! Or a power point presentation! Full screen mode is now 10 menus deeper on power point and you'll love the 5 pixel screen when you present your power point on teams! People in the back really love being able to see all the very large people icons all around the very important 5 pixels representing your mouse and all graphics on your slides. Plus Karen! She'll change her icon to a cute little kitty and not tell anyone the secrete code to do it! It's Visual C++ now!

I didn't even get a question, just straight up installed Windows 11 on my Surface with a bunch of cumulative roll ups after using it again for the first time in about 8 months. Couldn't even stop it once the "windows update" started, only option is to allow the reboot and then go through the hassle of rolling back to 10. It's a tertiary device for me and goes long periods without being used and I was probably ok with testing 11 performance on it, but don't appreciate being strong armed. I had to kill modern standby again to prevent battery drain while shut down, which is plaguing my laptop after I tried 11 on it.

Windows 11 is straight up unusable in multi-monitor configurations though due to the locked down UI customization, so my main rig won't be touching it with a 20ft pole. If Linux had more consistent VR gaming performance and support, I'd probably be jumping ship. As it stands, once 10 hits EOL I'll probably end up there anyway. Microsoft will be killing one of my headsets at the same time anyway by dropping WMR, and I hear there is some great Linux options for the Surface Pro line now too.

Hmmm. I mainly play heroes of the storm at the moment and I've had issues getting that to work. While the steam games seem to work great I really feel like it needs some more polishing.

The work that has been done on it is stellar though. Especially considering it's the publishers not supporting Linux systems.

Everything on my steam deck works great though thanks to valve.

But my desktop... Not sure if I'm ready for that yet. :/

I've tried to upgrade but the updater rolls it back every time. Idk what's up lol but my PC has given up trying to ask me

windows has sucked ever since 8

I would rather move to Linux at that point but I can’t do that either since some critical apps I require don’t run on it (yet)

I'm thankful that I made the Switch to Linux after Windows 10 forced updates got annoying while gaming. I'll deal with whatever trade offs. I only need Windows for my Elgato atm.

People still use macrosh!t? 🧐

More and more happy I left Windows behind a couple of months ago. I'd been on Windows since version 3. I dual-booted for a few weeks, then took the plunge. Windows is completely gone from my life.

I'm on Ubuntu at the moment, but I'm planning a move to LMDE, I think that's a better distro for me.

Unless you disable it via registry entries

Every 6 years I have to about people that are not updating. The drama.