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Re: [OM] Windows 10 upgrade Nagging you ?

Subject: Re: [OM] Windows 10 upgrade Nagging you ?
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 08:07:19 -0400
Perfectly safe and secure...so long as you go nowhere near the internet. I
use mine solely for word processing, a genealogy program and an Access
recipe database.

Charlie

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 6:36 AM, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> WinXP safe and secure?
>
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> On 8/11/2015 12:25 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>
>>
>>> AFAIK there is no automatic download of the upgrade.  You must
>>>> specifically request it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not exactly true. Express any cautious interest and they assume that you
>>> are opting in and download the package to the hidden folder without your
>>> knowledge or consent and nag you to install. I think that they do this
>>> because it is fairly large and may take several web sessions to download
>>> in the background over a slow connection like mine. Then you get those
>>> perky popups....not a nice first impression.
>>>
>>>
>>       I have to chuckle while sitting here typing away on my safe and
>> secure WinXP laptop.  I do, however, need to use the Win7 hard drive later
>> to answer a message from an eBay seller.  A  minor inconvenience,
>> especially after reading about the headaches due to the New! Improved!
>> operating systems.
>>
>> Chris
>> Gloating in Tempe
>>
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