I mean; 8.1 here, I can _not_ verify this, I'm seeing the same "upgrade to windows 10" option as I have been for months. I ran windows update literally 10 minu

I mean; 8.1 here, I can _not_ verify this, I'm seeing the same "upgrade to windows 10" option as I have been for months. I ran windows update literally 10 minutes ago as well. Meaning that the only chance that this is true(for windows 8.1 at least) is if I missed multiple micro-updates on my windows box and in that period of time they pushed an update enabling this forced conversion to windows 10 and then pushed a subsequent one returning to current functionality. Previous update check to the latest performed update was ~22 hours ago. That's a very small window. I doubt this is true. edit: I think it's far more likely that some specific individual, perhaps the author or his friend was on the specific update effected by -> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-upgrade-installing-automatically-on-some-windows-7-8-systems/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/window... and as a result was 'forced to update' Pretty ridiculous to publish this without looking into it though. Not saying that Microsoft didn't mess up here, they very well may have, just that this article seems to be flagrantly false and it's disappointing how much attention it's gotten in spite of that fact.