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  • J Johnny J

    How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

    Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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    As long as it doesn't make me re-install all my apps, and doesn't lose me any of my files, it'll be fine... ;)

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      As long as it doesn't make me re-install all my apps, and doesn't lose me any of my files, it'll be fine... ;)

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Marco Bertschi
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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      As long as it doesn't make me re-install all my apps, and doesn't lose me any of my files

      'nuff said[^]

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      • J Johnny J

        How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

        Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
        Anonymous
        -----
        The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
        Winston Churchill, 1944
        -----
        I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
        Me, all the time

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        Fredrik Bornander
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        I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.

        Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.

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        • F Fredrik Bornander

          I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.

          Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.

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          Johnny J
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          #5

          Fredrik Bornander wrote:

          I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8.

          True, but it might upset the people running Windows 7... ;)

          Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
          Anonymous
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          The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
          Winston Churchill, 1944
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          I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
          Me, all the time

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          • J Johnny J

            How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

            Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
            Anonymous
            -----
            The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
            Winston Churchill, 1944
            -----
            I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
            Me, all the time

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            Marc Clifton
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            #6

            Johnny J. wrote:

            How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?

            Never for me. I have Windows Update turned off. Marc

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              As long as it doesn't make me re-install all my apps, and doesn't lose me any of my files, it'll be fine... ;)

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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              #7

              OriginalGriff wrote:

              As long as

              === never...

              Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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              • M Marc Clifton

                Johnny J. wrote:

                How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?

                Never for me. I have Windows Update turned off. Marc

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                GuyThiebaut
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                I have contemplated doing that, now that you have mentioned this I may actually go ahead and do that.

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                ― Christopher Hitchens

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                • F Fredrik Bornander

                  I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.

                  Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.

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                  Richard Deeming
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                  #9

                  Fredrik Bornander wrote:

                  I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.

                  Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu. :rolleyes:


                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                  • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                    Fredrik Bornander wrote:

                    I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.

                    Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu. :rolleyes:


                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                    Fredrik Bornander
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                    Indeed, what can possibly be more controversial than a way to find shortcuts to apps?

                    Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.

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                    • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                      Fredrik Bornander wrote:

                      I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.

                      Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu. :rolleyes:


                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                      Lost User
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                      Richard Deeming wrote:

                      Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu.

                      Yay! This is the kind of improvement that users get excited about.. putting back features that they already had! :laugh: But when, oh when, can I get a resizable environment variables window? I've been waiting for that feature since 1995.

                      How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                      • J Johnny J

                        How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

                        Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                        Anonymous
                        -----
                        The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                        Winston Churchill, 1944
                        -----
                        I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                        Me, all the time

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                        9082365
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                        It will be a pleasure taking your money from you. It never happened for any of the previous incarnations. Why should it for this one (especially now we've had the U2 debacle!)?

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                        • J Johnny J

                          How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

                          Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                          Anonymous
                          -----
                          The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                          Winston Churchill, 1944
                          -----
                          I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                          Me, all the time

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                          Daniel Pfeffer
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                          Johnny J. wrote:

                          How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?

                          They might have some legal issues with that. If memory serves, the Win7/8/8.1 licenses did not allow Microsoft to install whatever they wanted on the licensees' systems. Furthermore, I don't think a full O/S upgrade would come under the "important fixes" that most people allow to be installed automatically. If I were a lawyer (God forbid!), I'd love to prosecute the Class Action lawsuit for this! :evil grin:

                          If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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                          • 9 9082365

                            It will be a pleasure taking your money from you. It never happened for any of the previous incarnations. Why should it for this one (especially now we've had the U2 debacle!)?

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                            Johnny J
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                            Because this is supposed to be the last version of Windows. I'm sure Microsoft will find it much easier to patch errors if everybody is using the same version...

                            Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                            Anonymous
                            -----
                            The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                            Winston Churchill, 1944
                            -----
                            I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                            Me, all the time

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                            • J Johnny J

                              Because this is supposed to be the last version of Windows. I'm sure Microsoft will find it much easier to patch errors if everybody is using the same version...

                              Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                              Anonymous
                              -----
                              The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                              Winston Churchill, 1944
                              -----
                              I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                              Me, all the time

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                              Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                              Johnny J. wrote:

                              last version

                              One can only hope for...

                              Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

                              "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                                Johnny J. wrote:

                                last version

                                One can only hope for...

                                Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                                Johnny J
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                                #16

                                Oh, I'm not making it up. It IS the intention: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/[^]

                                Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                Anonymous
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                                The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                Winston Churchill, 1944
                                -----
                                I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                Me, all the time

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                                • J Johnny J

                                  Oh, I'm not making it up. It IS the intention: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/[^]

                                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                  Anonymous
                                  -----
                                  The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                  Winston Churchill, 1944
                                  -----
                                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                  Me, all the time

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                                  Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                                  I know you don't making it up :-) I only say that: 1. Microsoft never told so 2. We had something similar (and this time from Microsoft) with VS 2012, but nothing changed there 3. Windows is the most profitable product of Microsoft, and if the model described in that (and other) articles is true it will make it as much as 5 times expensive as today to have a running Windows OS - most people will not pay that prize...

                                  Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

                                  "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                                  • J Johnny J

                                    How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

                                    Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                    Anonymous
                                    -----
                                    The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                    Winston Churchill, 1944
                                    -----
                                    I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                    Me, all the time

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                                    Ron Anders
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                                    I for one have Corrupdates off so they'll have come and do a home invasion update to get me.

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                                    • J Johnny J

                                      How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

                                      Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                      Anonymous
                                      -----
                                      The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                      Winston Churchill, 1944
                                      -----
                                      I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                      Me, all the time

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                                      dandy72
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                                      You have a year to upgrade to 10 for free. If you still want it after that, then you'll have to pay for it. If MS was to force everybody to upgrade to it in "less than 3 months" from now, then there goes that revenue stream. Still wanna have that bet?

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                                        Richard Deeming wrote:

                                        Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu.

                                        Yay! This is the kind of improvement that users get excited about.. putting back features that they already had! :laugh: But when, oh when, can I get a resizable environment variables window? I've been waiting for that feature since 1995.

                                        How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                                        JohnLBevan
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                                        That's included in Windows 10! It looks a little different too; black background, off-white text, a flashing cursor; it's a real retro feel. To see the variables you have to type SET, to set them, also SET. NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.

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                                        • J Johnny J

                                          How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~

                                          Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                          Anonymous
                                          -----
                                          The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                          Winston Churchill, 1944
                                          -----
                                          I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                          Me, all the time

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                                          JohnLBevan
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                                          Presumably it'll be over a year; i.e. around the time they start charging for it ;).

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