The “dirty trick” Microsoft so you upgrade your computer to Windows 10 – BBC World

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Image caption Windows 10 can now be automatically installed on your computer.

“Microsoft recommends you upgrade this computer to Windows 10″.

The sudden appearance of a window with this message and annoyed more than one and turned Microsoft into a target of criticism of its users.

your clicking the red button at the top right of the pop-up box corner, now the update is active instead closing the window as is usually the case.

the change occurred because the update is now marked as “recommended” and many people have configured their computers to automatically accept recommended updates for security reasons.

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Image caption in its first month of availability, Windows 10 reached 75 million installations.

Brad Chacos, a publisher of specialized web PC World , described it as a “ trick dirty “.

“Use these dirty tricks just frustrates older Windows users who have very valid to stay with an operating system that already know and love reasons,” Chacos wrote.

Image caption The window that” recommended “update your version of Windows was criticized by users of Microsoft.

The update can still be canceled at the scheduled time to start the installation, Microsoft said on its website.

The technology giant said “with the offer of free upgrade to Windows 10, which ends on July 29, it is to help people upgrade to the best version” of the operating system.

Windows 10 is available from July last year and in its first month managed 75 million installations .