Monday, January 11, 2016

Found A Message In A Bottle

     Opened it up and it said:

     Introducing Windows 10
               More than 110M people
               have already upgraded
               to Windows 10 - FREE!
     Don't miss out!
     Schedule your free upgrade!

     I left the cork out and thew it as far out into the water as I could.*
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* I tried upgrading Roseholme's "Brainbox."  It's not Win10 compatible -- and yet the popups persist.  They're the new universal caption for New Yorker cartoons!
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2016 at 6:42 AM

    GWX Control panel. Works like a charm. Pop Ups disappear and you still have the option of turning them back on as I understand it. Just don't understand why anyone would want to turn them back on.

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/gwx_control_panel.html

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  2. Fuzzy CurmudgeonJanuary 11, 2016 at 11:55 AM

    Another vote for the GWX control panel.

    I have one Windows 10 machine (the shack machine, because I was having issues with Windows 7 that I thought might go away if I upgraded...not so much...and will probably rebuild that one as a Win7 box eventually).

    Everything else in the house is Windows 7 and has GWX installed. No more nagging!

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  3. RHT447January 11, 2016 at 2:20 PM

    + another one for GWX. Also allows you to turn on
    real time monitoring for any future attempts to
    re-install get Win 10.

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  4. Eck!January 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM

    I took the other path... When win-NT4 expired I finally had enough
    and went Linux. I had by then gotten tired of software that didn't
    work on the yet newest version and had to be replaced often at cost.

    Win10... Foo!


    Eck!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2016 at 8:22 PM

    Meant to mention in my first post that Windows 10 pop ups are like Øbama -- one makes you want to buy guns and the other makes me want to buy Apple next time.

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  6. Old NFOJanuary 11, 2016 at 10:41 PM

    + number whatever on GWX! :-)

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