Windows 10 October 2018 Update users are being forced to upgrade – ready or not
Microsoft has begun the process of herding those still running the Windows 10 October 2018 Update into upgrading to the most recent November 2019 Update.
The same thing has already happened to those running the April 2018 Update, and that previous forced upgrade scheme kicked off in July (instigating automatic upgrades to the May 2019 Update, which of course was the most recent version of Windows 10 at the time).
[...] So this is the second time Microsoft has wielded an upgrade cattle prod, effectively, and the reason for doing so is security – because the end of service date for the update in question is on the horizon. Users must therefore upgrade, or face missing out on vital security patches.
However, the timeframe in which Microsoft is pushing these mandatory upgrades is well in advance of what the company initially announced. The official stance remains that the rollout process will be started “several months in advance of the end of service date to provide adequate time for a smooth update process”.
Which is fair enough, but the end of support deadline for the October 2018 Update is May 12, 2020, so that’s actually still over five months away – a little more than ‘several months’ in our books.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Mojibake Tengu on Tuesday December 10 2019, @01:24PM (1 child)
How about countries under American sanctions? Like Venezuela for example. Forcing Windows upgrade on users in Venezuela seems unlawful by U.S. law, it is obviously a transfer of technology. The others will get what they deserve, for sure.
That brings an idea: if one switches system locale to Venezuela, could this prevent an unwanted upgrade?
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(Score: 5, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday December 10 2019, @07:24PM
Nah.... The Geneva Convention might have something to say about it, though!