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No, Microsoft hasn’t backtracked from zealous Windows 10 upgrade tactics

Secondary notice of pending upgrade was not added recently, but harks back to early May

By Gregg Keizer

May 31, 2016 3 mins

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Microsoft eats another $1B as phone strategy shrinks to enterprise-only

Consumer-play dead to Microsoft, which will focus remaining hardware goals on corporate

By Gregg Keizer

May 26, 2016 5 mins

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Microsoft has been conning Windows users for two months

It's interpreted closing a Windows 10 offer's window as authorizing an upgrade since at least late March

By Gregg Keizer

May 24, 2016 4 mins

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Windows 7 updates have been broken for several days

Windows Update attempts to download the latest bug fixes, but the install never gets past 0% progress

By Andy Patrizio

May 24, 2016 2 mins

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Microsoft tweaks IE11-Edge interoperability in Windows 10

Will drop the pausing 'interstitial' page that now pops up when users switch between the two browsers

By Gregg Keizer

May 20, 2016 2 mins

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Microsoft releases ‘service pack 2’ for Windows 7

The rollup is a service pack by function if not by name

By Andy Patrizio

May 18, 2016 3 mins

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Microsoft’s sale of feature phone biz erodes smartphone commitment

Sells the bare-bones feature phone part of the disastrous Nokia deal for $350M

By Gregg Keizer

May 18, 2016 6 mins

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Microsoft issues cumulative roll-up pack for Windows 7

The bad news? Bundle of five years of fixes available only on Microsoft's Update Catalog, a hard-to-navigate site that mandates IE

By Gregg Keizer

May 18, 2016 3 mins

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Microsoft makes final, aggressive Windows 10 upgrade push

Wraps up 'phased approach' as it switches upgrade to Recommended; interprets closing the notification as upgrade approval

By Gregg Keizer

May 16, 2016 4 mins

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Windows 10 post-upgrade cleanup tips

Your Windows 10 upgrade is complete. Now it’s time to reclaim some disk space.

By Ed Tittel

May 16, 2016 7 mins

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