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Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] reddig33 46 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Are they spamming people with this on computers they know don’t meet system requirements?

[–] ilinamorato 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You better believe they are. I get it about every other month, and my laptop doesn't meet those requirements.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I turned off secure boot and didn't get any popups for windows 11 ever

[–] Infernal_pizza 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You might at some point, you don’t actually need secure boot turned on for Windows 11 your PC just needs to be capable of secure boot and use UEFI mode rather than legacy boot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Well that isn't good. I hope I can get by with Linux

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Did you read the article? The popup warns users about it, yes. It's a good thing to let them know there won't be more security updates for their OS.

[–] pete_the_cat 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And 90% of home windows user don't give a damn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

How is that Microsoft's fault? Should they be forcing users to care, somehow? The warning is already getting people angry as it is.

[–] pete_the_cat 1 points 7 months ago

People don't care and they see any pop-up it's an annoyance and they immediately close it. I once had a student ask why is wasnt allowing her to download something. I asked her to show me what she was doing....as soon as the security warning for "do you want to save or cancel the file?" And then complain that it was broken.

[–] reddig33 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can see your point. Warning the user once is probably enough.

[–] Sprawlie 6 points 7 months ago

You would be amazed.

At work we provide popup notifications for a week when a users password is close to expiring

They still miss it and need to call helpdesk