Forced Windows 8.1 Update

Anonymous
2014-09-04T18:30:42+00:00

This morning a blue banner appeared on my screen asking me when I wanted to restart my computer to continue to download the update to Win 8.1 (I have Windows 8).  At no time did I start the download process.  I selected "Remind me later" from the drop down.   A few minutes later, the download started, and the drop down only allowed me to select a time period to restart my computer (Now, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours)!.  I was committed, and I never authorized this!  So I selected "Now" just to see what would happen.  I went to the Windows Store and lo and behold the update was downloading.  The update failed (I got an error 0xC1900101).  I disabled the update notification reminder using regedit (I was sick of seeing it every time I powered down my computer anyway)-but how could this happen?  This looked like a legitimate Windows notification.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-30T01:45:46+00:00

    Keep out of my email box.

    I've never been in your "email box."

    cf. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/page/faq#faqAskQuestion7

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-29T21:37:24+00:00

    Keep out of my email box. 

    PA Bear wrote:

    You must have Win8.1 installed before the free Win10 upgrade will be offered to your computer via Windows Update. [emphasis mine]

    No, you don't.  I never installed 8.1.  Three days ago  I checked something on a Microsoft webpage via a link provided on this forum, which advised me that I had Windows 8 and that I was looking for something pertaining to Windows 10, did I want to upgrade to 10 now.  I'm now running 10.

    But you didn't upgrade to Win10 via Windows Update, did you?

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-28T20:28:42+00:00

    3rd time my system was hacked by Microsoft.  This time it happened in the middle of a good movie.  I immediately shut it down, and removed the battery for 15 minutes.  I cut it back on, and it would not let me work until the new updates finishes (280 that took 1.5 hours to finish).

    goodbye Microsoft - me, my family, my neighbors, and my 27 employees are firing you!

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