BlankNo, you won't automatically get it.
There is a note on Kim Komando's page on a Windows update you can find in your
installed updates which will remove the Windows 10 nags you would otherwise get.
If you want to remove the Win 10 thingy from your system tray, go to your
taskbar notifications screen ((I just search for taskbar notification in the
windows start area.
You will tab through and see the different things that can appear there. Find
the windows 10 and set the combobox to hide notifications.
Steve
In the Beautiful Capitol City
----- Original Message -----
From: Marcia Moses
To: the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 1:11 PM
Subject: [the-facts-machine] Re: Windows 10 Just Around the Corner
Has anybody removed the “get windows ten” button in the system tray?
I haven’t yet, but I’m wondering if I would automatically get Windows Ten if I
don’t.
I’d rather hold off for a while.
Marcia
From: Steve
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 12:48 PM
To: the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [the-facts-machine] Windows 10 Just Around the Corner
I'll probably do the update to Win 10, but not right away. The May 2015
release has some bugs in it from the reviews I've read; and then, of course,
we'll probably need to wait a bit for the screen readers to get on-board.
Windows 10 just around corner By Ed Baig, ebaig@xxxxxxxxxxxx, USA TODAY Windows
10 is coming July 29. The new operating system is not only a big deal for
Microsoft but the entire PC industry whose momentum has long since been
snatched by mobile. The software is coming to 190 countries. Windows is
currently used by 1.5 billion people globally. The company will encourage
consumers to "reserve" their free copy of the new operating system starting
today to ensure they'll be able to install the software ahead of the folks who
don't. The software is free during the first year if you're upgrading a new or
existing Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 device; Microsoft hasn't specified pricing
beyond that. "I think Windows 10 represents us listening and understanding what
real people need better than we have before," says Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's
corporate vice president for the operating systems group. Owners of PCs with
Windows 7 and Windows 8 will receive pop-up notifications alerting them of
Windows 10's impending arrival. Windows XP and older systems are not compatible
with Windows 10. Belfiore says that if you don't reserve Windows 10 in advance,
"it'll depend how long the line is" before determining when you'll get the
software. It could take up to three weeks. "One of the things that we can do
for people who reserve is pre-download some of the bits to their PC so that
those people aren't blocked on the Internet pipe trying to deliver lots and
lots of Windows bits starting on (July 29)," Belfiore says. In the past,
upgrading a Windows computer to a newly-minted version of the operating system
has been too often a messy experience. Belfiore is confident that the path to
Windows 10 "is going to be way, way, way better. Over the past six to nine
months, Microsoft has been updating the installed base of Windows 7 and Windows
8 PCs -- hundreds of millions of machines. And Microsoft has essentially been
rehearsing for the upgrade with the more than 4 million people testing builds
of Windows 10 as part of the Windows Insider program. "I think people are
ready," says Jeff Barney, the executive in charge of Toshiba's PC business in
the Americas. "They're sitting on hardware maybe 3 to 4 years-plus (old).
They're going to hear very good things about Windows 10 and how it is familiar
and improved and incorporating things like voice, which they're used to in a
smartphone. We think we'll get a good percentage of Windows 7 users to go out
and buy new hardware. Is Windows 10 worth getting, either on an old or new
computer? On its 20th anniversary, the Start menu for launching apps has been
dramatically improved. It gains "live tiles" and is fully customizable, yet it
should feel more familiar. Windows 10 also unveils a snappy new Edge browser
that pushes Internet Explorer into retirement. And Microsoft's virtual voice
assistant Cortana is at your beck and call. On newer hardware you'll also be
able to exploit a Continuum feature to seamlessly transform from a
mouse/keyboard-driven PC to a touch-oriented tablet or vice versa. There's also
a fresh version of Office, improved support for gamers and new built-in Photos,
Maps, Music and other apps. Universal apps are meant to run across the entire
Windows 10 ecosystem: PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One. Maybe the biggest thing
is Windows 10 should feel a lot less jarring and radical than Windows 8 did
when it first appeared, a major reason why many consumers and businesses stuck
with Windows 7. "We know we need a more gentle entry curve," Belfiore says.
Steve
