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Word to the Win10 wise: Don’t click “Check for Updates”

Posted on October 3, 2018 at 07:01 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

It’s like deja vu all over again.

Microsoft pulled the Seeker stunt — upgrading Win10 machines to the latest version on a “Check for updates” — when they rolled out Win10 1803. Now, we’re getting the same behavior, except this time it’s fully (and unabashedly) documented.

How do they get away with this stuff?

Computerworld Woody on Windows.

Windows Patches/Security seeker, Win10 1809

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