14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is once again under fire for alleged forced upgrades pushed on systems running Windows 10 versions older than the Fall Creators Update.
As we reported last week, a number of Windows 10 systems were upgraded to the Fall Creators Update (version 1709) even if Windows Update was set to off and policies to delay the install were in place.
Microsoft now says that it’s aware some PCs were indeed offered the upgrade to the Fall Creators Update, and adds that it all happened because of an “issue” that has already been corrected.
“Microsoft is aware that this notification was incorrectly delivered to some Windows 10 Version 1703 devices that had a user-defined feature update deferral period configured. Microsoft mitigated this issue on March 8, 2018,” the company explains.
“Users who were affected by this issue and who upgraded to Windows 10 Version 1709 can revert to an earlier version within 10 days of the upgrade. To do this, open Settings > Update & Security > Recovery, and then select Get started under Go back to the previous version of windows 10.”
Upgrade pushed for security reasons
Earlier this month, Microsoft started showing upgrade notifications on systems running the original Windows 10 version released in July 2015, Windows 10 November Update, Anniversary Update, and Creators Update.
The company says this behavior was introduced to keep systems up to date and “ensure protection from the latest security threats,” but as I explained in the original March 9 report, some people were complaining that the upgrade was performed even though it was supposed to be blocked.
With Microsoft getting ready to launch the Redstone 4 update, possibly called Spring Creators Update, the company has been under fire for this rather aggressive approach, especially because it was considered to be a “desperate” attempt to bring users to the latest Windows 10 version.