<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Windows 7 and 8 users, You may want to check how your Windows computer handles Windows Updates. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Here is an article from Ars Technica </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Windows 10 free upgrade program has so far concentrated on those Windows 7 and 8 users who reserved their copy in the weeks leading up to the operating system's release. Over the coming months, Microsoft </span><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2015/10/29/making-it-easier-to-upgrade-to-windows-10/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none;">will start to spread the operating system to a wider audience</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">. The Windows 10 upgrade will soon be posted as an "Optional Update" in Windows Update, advertising it to anyone who examines that list of updates.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then, early next year, it will be categorized as a "Recommended Update." This is significant, because it means that systems that are configured to download and install recommended updates—which for most people is the safest option—will automatically fetch the upgrade and start its installer. The installer will still require human intervention to actually complete—you won't wake up to find your PC with a different operating system—but Windows users will no longer need to actively seek the upgrade.</span></p></div><div>Read the rest of the article at:</div><div><br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-will-be-made-an-automatic-recommended-update-early-next-year/">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-will-be-made-an-automatic-recommended-update-early-next-year/</a></div><div></div></body></html>