Windows 7 - No More Choosing Updates

I can't figure out why MS is trying so hard to drive away their old loyal customers???? I bought a new laptop with factory installed WIN10, can't stand it, won't let them change over my desktop. I guess I'll have to stop all updates and when it eventually dies I'll switch to Apple.

Bill

tomman58 wrote:
Sorry but Microsoft is a business and that said they are not going to provide free service for models that are old, period.

It looks like just the opposite. The OP is talking about being provided something with no choice.

my previous laptop had win7
this warranty replacement came with win8.1
the first thing i did was turn off ALL updates
i don't have the win10 update file
MS can keep ALL their updates
i even stopped updating firefox

Sorry but Microsoft is a business and that said they are not going to provide free service for models that are old, period. I have 10 on 2 of my computers, no problems, no strain, no issues in learning. Bottom line here is you can always get a Mac but to be on the PC floor you need 10.

Saw this, but it may not be as disasterous as it sounds. When I bought my latest computer from Dell last year it had 8.1 with an additional rollup of updates. When you went into the update list you could still select and remove "most" of them--although not the very worst.

Secondly, MSFT has a track record of caving in to public pressure, especially on the business side. I am hopeful that when the time comes there will still be a method for selecting updates. However, I know that MSFT hopes to put everyone on the win10 "vanilla is for everyone" forced updates, and has found great success doing so with win10.

I DO NOT think there will be forced upgrades to win10. However, before I allow myself to be forced into something I don't want, I will just stop updating.

There are so many computers still running win98, and XP that are no longer updated. I just dont see it as a big deal. When my laptop dies I wont replace it, so Microsoft will loose another customer.