How to get more Windows 10 downloads

downtheroad wrote:

RoyB wrote:
So if I just leave things alone I will still continue to get the important updates right?

Roy Ken

Correct...unless you want to get involved with Beta testing, etc.
But you have to opt. in using the instructions from the original poster.

People running Windows 7 or Windows 8 and have auto updates enabled could well receive Window 10, whether they want it or not.

Microsoft wrote:

For individuals who have chosen to receive automatic updates through Windows Update, we help upgradable devices get ready for Windows 10 by downloading the files they'll need if they decide to upgrade. When the upgrade is ready, the customer will be prompted to install Windows 10 on the device.

That was Microsoft's response to questions about 3.5 to 6 GB of storage disappearing from Windows user's C: drives. That is, over a period of time, Microsoft has been downloading Windows 10 to users that did not reserve a copy; i.e., did not opt in.

The files are loaded to a hidden folder $WINDOWS.~BT

One can't get rid of the folder by simply deleting it; it will come back. Instead, one must first uninstall the KB3035583 update, then delete the file.

Although they have backed away from the statement, Microsoft claimed that its pre-loading of Windows 10 on devices whose owners had not reserved the free upgrade was "an industry practice."

I suppose this is Microsoft's way of making sure that the adoption rate exceeds that of Vista and Windows 8.

Tom