jasona.work (8/31/2015)
Jeff Moden (8/31/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/31/2015)
I'm not sure this is as big a deal as some people have written. Hard to decide if this is journalism run amok for the sake of hits: http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-microsoft-is-not-spying-on-you-with-windows-10/Heh... I trust them as far as I can throw them on such things. They added a Windows 10 Upgrade icon to my tray on my laptop. If they can do that, what else can they do? Of course, it's not likely that Windows 10 will be any less secure than my current Windows 7 OS but there's also no guarantee of that. So, I'll wait for a while longer.
The icon gets added via a Windows Update that was sent out as a "Recommended" update. So, if you were like most people (including me) on your machine you just check the boxes (or let the install on their own.)
If you want to get rid of the icon, just uninstall KB3035583 and don't re-install it...
Jason
When it comes to updates and system stability, I don't trust them as far as I can throw a Greyhound bus. Too many times, I've seen perfectly good, well-performing, nicely-behaving systems wrecked by system updates. I got Windows 7 on my home laptop because I had to and it's been pretty good. Then again, I don't install any updates except for security updates.
Now they're calling a new OS is an upgrade? Well, at least they aren't soaking people for another $89 to install their next OS. From the sounds of what I've read here, it doesn't sound like it was ready for production anyway.