The Windows 10 update is already here! Well, at least its update tool is. And while consumers itching to get their hands on the major software upgrade are receiving this news with much joy, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 and a significant number of consumers who would rather keep their current OS setup are having a hard time accepting the fact that they need to say goodbye sooner or later to the software they learned to love.
Forbes has learned this weekend that the Windows 10 update tool automatically downloads onto the PCs and laptops of Windows 7 and Windows 8 users including those who are not really keen to have the software update.
The news about theauto-download of Windows 10 came after one user noted how Microsoft failed to give consumers in general the option of NOT upgrading to the latest Windows OS update. "I thought Microsoft [said] this 'upgrade' was optional. If so, why is it being pushed out to so many computers where it wasn't reserved, and why does it try to install over and over again?" the user was quoted as saying by Forbes.
The official Windows 10 update has yet to roll out, but the Windows 10 update tool is there to ensure that once the update reaches a user's region, the Windows 10 will be automatically downloaded to the user's device.
While it is good to have an update tool alerting one of the new update, the update itself is said to be a forced entry to any Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 computer (no pun intended). For one thing, once the download is complete, the tool will ask users to either upgrade now or later, without the option of not really installing it. Of course, one can always delay this upgrade every time the tool asks for installation, which takes an hour or so as per TheREM, to be done.
In case you are really against the Windows 10 update, sad to say switching off all Windows updates does not in any way hinder the new software update from entering your computer's system. In fact, by the time you are reading this, your Windows computer may have already downloaded the tool without you noticing it since several sites say that the update (or part of it) has already been silently downloaded. The file is even reportedly designed to land in your computer as a hidden folder.
Nonetheless, the biggest issue with this Windows 10 update is the fact that it is rather large — 3-6GB large to be exact. This may not be a problem for some, but for most consumers who are hanging on to every byte of their device's storage, it's the worst feeling to let go of 3-6GB for this update alone. All the more is it painful to users who have limited amount of data that could make them exceed their bandwidth limit, as reported by Gizmodo.
The only silver lining for now is the fact that the Windows 10 update can be removed, eliminated and trashed using Microsoft's Disk Cleanup Utility, or at least that's what The Register has noted.
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