After Backlash, Microsoft Simplifies Windows 10 Upgrade Prompts

After irking users over the concluding 12 months with unwanted Windows x upgrade offers, Microsoft has pledged to make it easier to dismiss desktop prompts that brand obvious recommendations to make the switch-over.

Speaking to ZDNet, Redmond said information technology has rolled out an update that volition make information technology clearer to Windows 7 and Windows viii.1 users when, and how, they can update to Windows ten. Users will now be presented with a big "Get Windows ten" box that includes options to upgrade immediately, choose a later time, or refuse the visitor's complimentary upgrade offer. There's also a red X at the peak of the window, so users can push button off the decision to a afterward date.

Windows 10 Prompt

Microsoft has come under burn down for making it too easy to accidentally upgrade to Windows 10, either through its automatic update processes or upgrades that started just past clicking the 'X' on the prompt.

Microsoft wants to get as many people on Windows x equally possible, generally for bragging rights but too considering, information technology confirmed, running the latest version of an Os is the most secure pick. It'southward likewise pointed to the impending cease-engagement for a gratuitous upgrade to Windows x: July 29.

In a argument to ZDNet, Microsoft best-selling that its previous upgrade procedure was a bit onerous for users; its decision to change it was due to 'customer feedback'.

"Since we introduced a new upgrade feel for Windows ten, we've received feedback that some of our valued customers found information technology confusing," Microsoft Executive Vice President for the Windows and Devices Grouping, Terry Myerson, said. "Nosotros've been working hard to incorporate their feedback and this week, we'll curl out a new upgrade experience with clear options to upgrade now, schedule a fourth dimension, or decline the complimentary offer."

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