It’s really crafty and nasty. And it also allows users to go through the process without requiring admin access.
We needed to stay on Windows 10 for a few reasons at work. I had a few users tell me this or that broke and they could no longer use this function. Remoted on and found the computer was somehow updated to Windows 11. Users swore it was not their doing. I know what happened; it’s an update screen that has a decline at the very bottom corner far from the button to allow the update to proceed that most users don’t see so they are being intentionally misled by Microsoft to think they have no choice but to accept the update. And worse is that none of these users were admins. So what the fuck, Microsoft?!
It’s so infuriating and disgusting.
Thankfully we can now move to Windows 11 without issue, but that was a really frustrating time to be an admin and Microsoft deserves every bad thing that comes of users getting upset over this. Hopefully lawsuits to lose some money over it.
To be fair that seems like a group policy setting that wasn’t set.
I’m not an admin but don’t they keep changing them so that you can’t prevent these updates with group policy alone.
The girlfriend from the unfaithful guy meme is not liking this.
My twenty Linux machines just giggled.
genuine question, why do you have twenty computers
Right? It’s like they’re not even trying. Everyone knows you need at least a hundred machines
I mean… in a perfect world lol.
I ran an IT company for many years until I became disabled. But I do tons of tinkering selling and supporting still as a hobbyist etc. most of them are laptops. My lab used to have 14 full tower chassis systems but I got rid of all of those once their functionality was not needed anymore after I closed the business. I mean - computers that I use daily is basically like three or four laptops and a few Android phones. A couple of tablets - an iPhone an iPad an Android tablet. Also a few really old vintage devices just for shits n giggles. Two transformer pads also.
I mean… I got started in tech a long time ago. As in the early 1980s.
Ah okay, that makes sense.
This is why I shut automatic updates off six months ago. Yes, I’m aware of the security risks.
Clearly you aren’t or else you would turn on security updates
Meanwhile me who used heavily modified Win 10 that i downloaded from shady corner of the web be like : Nahh… Microsoft doesn’t have power to nag me, I’m practically immune to all Microsoft shit
Us: You guys are getting updates?
I still use Windows and Facebook and Xitter. And I’m a dumb jerk with a big butt and my butt smells and i like to smell my own butt.
Joke’s on them. Comp doesn’t support Windows 11.
Well I’d be happy to. It’s only Microsoft’s silly rules that stop my laptop being upgraded to Win11.
Windows 10 is end of life in 11 months. Time to get moving.
That, or if you’re like me, I’m just gonna keep my desktop running win10 and just never let it connect to the Internet by disabling or removing the wifi card so it can’t auto install 11. Gonna probably be upgrading soon anyways, so no need to worry.
