DrJBHL

1. First they had one policy, then they changed it, and subsequently changed it back again to the first. (18 words).

2. MS retreated. (2 words) : Terser, factual (as they did it under fire) and "red meatier". WIN! 

That "Git this Windows 10 down yer throat" is happening to more and more people more often these days.  The Arrogance of MS is astounding.  I would say unbelievable, but it is fact that MS has become so aggressive in forcing Win 10 onto users of previous Windows editions who wanted to remain with them.  I myself was forced to move to Win 10 when I wished to remain with 8.1... and the bastards did it right before my eyes and there was nothing I could do to prevent it, bar unplug my 2-in-1 and pull out the battery.

Some people are telling me that they shut down their machines with Win 7 or 8.1 only to be greeted with Win 10 at their next session.  Now that is arrogance at its worst, with a company that's out of control by performing unwanted/unwelcome changes to peoples personal property.  There's no question of consent, it's just done when one's back is turned.  Now I don't care if it is supposedly 'free', it is no different to a builder breaking into somebody's house and doing a few renovations without consent.  That is criminal, and what MS is doing should be as well..  so why isn't it?

"Advance to the rear" in MilSpeak

Just when you think Microsoft can't stoop any lower...... it does.

Users of Windows 7 and 8.1 received an update with critical patches that displays banner ads for Windows 10  Internet Explorer... like it simply does not get the message not everybody wants to downgrade.  Presumably, this is in response to the millions of users who installed GWX Control Panel, to get the Win 10 message out there by any means possible.

Yup, it's pretty low!  Read more here and here.

Most companies don't outlive their founders by very long.  Looks like Microsoft is determined to go first.

the problem isn't whether you use ie or not, but whether something else uses it (eg windows help files). bundling win10 stuff with security update is a really bad thing.

I've found a foolproof way of avoiding the auto-upgrade to Windows 10.  I haven't booted up my Win7 partition in a several months.

But... my PC's already made out of metal!

My assessment appears to have been premature.  Uninstalling that update hosed IE11 & it's been crashing on opening ever since.  Don't use it very often so didn't see the effect right away.  Having to go through the process of reinstalling IE11 now, which has proven to be a bit convoluted.

And in other news today, the British army sank the entire fleet of IRA submarines submerged in Belfast Harbour... they went around and knocked on all the hatches.

Quoting starkers,

reply 22

And in other news today, the British army sank the entire fleet of IRA submarines submerged in Belfast Harbour... they went around and knocked on all the hatches.

and then ate the submarine sandwich buns.