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Wouldn't the automatic upgrade mean you didn't agree to any T&C?
by mchahn 11y ago
Wouldn't the automatic upgrade mean you didn't agree to any T&C?
- krapp 11y agoYou did agree if you set Windows Update to automatically install updates. The upgrade to Window 10 is being treated as an "update".
- DannyBee 11y agoIf they changed the T&C, that ain't gonna go well for them. (IE it probably won't be held to be consent)
- unclebucknasty 11y agoUnless the auto-update terms in Windows Update expressly state that using it means you agree to any future, unknown terms that may apply to those updates, then agreeing to automatic updates would not be sufficient. That is, unless the terms for Windows 10 are exactly the same as the version from which you are upgrading. That hardly seems likely, given that it is free and comes with new features, such as advertising, etc.
- krapp 11y agoAll I can tell you is that it's listed under optional updates, and it's automatically checked[0]. [0]https://imgur.com/wOO1jzz https://imgur.com/wOO1jzz
- scholia 11y agoIt still brings up a EULA....
- chris_wot 11y agoIn 2010 Microsoft's update of Security Essentials changed Windows update from manual to automatic. [1] With an installation base in the hundreds of millions, if even 1% of users didn't know about this and switched to manual update, then that's a hell of a lot of people who are affected. 1. http://www.infoworld.com/article/2627526/antimalware/warning--microsoft-security-essentials-installer-zaps-automatic-updates-setting.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/2627526/antimalware/warning...
- totony 11y agoI had a client to whom this happened, they install W10 and THEN ask you if you agree. He said no, they uninstalled w10 back to w7 and he can't login anymore.
- kozukumi 11y agoHoly fuck are you serious?
- wfo 11y agoIt force-upgraded me and I declined the terms when it finally booted up, it rebooted and went back to W7 luckily working correctly but with un-closable popups everywhere demanding I either install W10 now or schedule an update within a week or so. Microsoft has taken to installing malware on our machines using their update mechanism and signing keys; I'd delete their cert if it were feasible. I think the CFAA is broad enough to make this a felony if this has bricked machines/destroyed data (apparently it has), it certainly should be illegal. If I were running the machine in a medical system someone could have died.