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Windows 10 Nagware Interrupts Live TV Weather Forecast

posted by cmn32480 on Friday April 29 2016, @11:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the inconvenient-timing-for-a-new-os dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

El Reg reports

Microsoft's relentless Windows 10 nagware has interrupted a live TV weather forecast, urging meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade.

The operating system suddenly popped up a box on screen insisting the station's computer be upgraded to the latest version--while Slater was on air describing thunderstorms rolling through Iowa, USA.

The cyber-badgering blatted over her doppler weather radar, which was being broadcast on KCCI 8 News [April 27].

"Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10. Gosh, what should I do?" Slater asked sarcastically.

So, do you know of a case of MSFT update pushiness that rivals this?

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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by dltaylor on Saturday April 30 2016, @12:17AM

    by dltaylor (4693) on Saturday April 30 2016, @12:17AM (#339258)

    This is EXACTLY why I recommended my sister-in-law not buy Windows, although some of the software she used ran on it.

    Buy a Mac, use Parallels (or whatever) to run that software.

    She simply did NOT need to have Windows update kick in during a client presentation.

    Last I checked, OSX still allows you to control updates.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @12:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @12:34AM (#339267)

    Dude!! Use Linux, you fucking asshole. Don't you know OSX is not Linux???

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @04:12AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @04:12AM (#339332)

      Dude!! Use Linux, you fucking asshole. Don't you know OSX is not Linux???

      OS X may not be Linux, but it is BSD, or a sufficiently close derivative. ABM [techopedia.com], my friend.

      By the way, you should look at cleaning your keyboard. Some of your punctuation keys seem to be stuck. :P