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BillyGoat wrote:.....

Also incorrect Ian and debunked by Microsoft directly. It was media confusion.

"They" will get the update notification via Windows Update. "They" can update to 10, but "they" cannot activate their computers - ergo, still unlicensed, still pirated and limited in use.

Not the final press release, but you get the idea....

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperi ... indows-10/
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BG

Fair enough - that will teach me to just read something on the internet, repeat it and not actually research it first !

Regards
Ian

FFX wrote:

BillyGoat wrote:.....

Also incorrect Ian and debunked by Microsoft directly. It was media confusion.

"They" will get the update notification via Windows Update. "They" can update to 10, but "they" cannot activate their computers - ergo, still unlicensed, still pirated and limited in use.

Not the final press release, but you get the idea....

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperi ... indows-10/
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BG

Fair enough - that will teach me to just read something on the internet, repeat it and not actually research it first !

Regards
Ian

I don't think it's just you Ian - the press went wild when the upgrade process was revealed, so it's easy to get up caught up in the misinformation train.

It always reminds me of an article* someone once wrote about social media and the press. This guy wrote a blatantly fake post about a phone and posted it to his blog. The blog was re-posted on Twitter. From Twitter it went to other social media sites, then the PRESS posted it without checking the validity and then it ended up in PRINTED press as gospel!!!!

Then the guy updated his blog to say it was all made up and everyone got angry with him. He simply wanted to test the rumour mill. Funny thing is, his email address was on the article. Not one person mailed him to ask if it was true.

BG



*Events are from memory, so may vary slightly......