Next Year, Your PC Will Automatically Prompt You to Upgrade to Windows 10
If you are still using Windows 7 or 8, expect Microsoft to push Windows 10 a little harder. Early next year, it will appear as a “Recommended Update” in Windows Update and may automatically prompt you to update.
Microsoft announced today some changes to the way Windows 10 rolls out to new users:
We will soon publish Windows 10 as an “optional update” in Windows Update for all Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. Windows Update is the safe and logical place for our most important updates, and adding Windows 10 here is another way to make it easier for you to find an update.
We plan to change the Windows 10 category to Recommended Update early next year. Depending on your Windows Update settings, this may cause the update process to start automatically on your device. Before the update changes the OS of your device, you will be clearly prompted to choose whether to continue or not. And of course, if you decide to upgrade (our recommendation!), You have 31 days to go back to the previous version of Windows if you don’t like it.
It’s no different from what other operating systems do – both OS X and most Linux distributions also tell you when new OS updates are available – but it’s definitely something Windows users will be unfamiliar with. So, keep an eye on Windows 10 on your Windows Update and be prepared for it to arrive early next year.
We don’t know if Microsoft will automatically download all 3GB updates before being prompted, so if you’re on a metered connection it might be a good idea to turn off automatic updates so you can download updates on your own terms.
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