QuoteMicrosoft has been updating its Get Windows 10 notification again, this time in preparation for turning the upgrade off altogether. Last month, the company changed the behavior of its GWX.exe application in the wake of user outcry â€" now, it’s changing the application again, into a full-screen affair.
That’s the bad news. The good news is, more than 11 months after launching Windows 10, Microsoft is finally going to let you choose to decline the upgrade for good, forever, period. Granted, that option isn’t exactly called out â€" but it is there, at least.
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Ignore the two large buttons on the bottom right of the screen. The text you’re looking for is at the bottom left of the screen, where you can choose to either be notified three more times or never notified again.
Microsoft’s learning cliff
With the Windows 10 upgrade period drawing to a close, it’ll be interesting to see how many devices the company captures in this final push. Paul Thurrott thinks it’s possible that Microsoft will hit 380-400 million devices by the end of July, which sounds plausible to us. The bigger question, though, is what’ll happen from this point forward.
The problem is this: Microsoft’s aggressive tactics to push out Windows 10 created a great deal of ill will with end users. It’s exactly the opposite of what Microsoft has talked about wanting to encourage in its customers, which is part of why the company’s chosen path with this debacle was so confusing. If your goal is to make customers love your operating system â€" and that’s precisely what Microsoft said it wanted to do â€" why force them to use it using an increasingly aggressive set of tactics?
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