The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 is approaching the end of next month, and Microsoft seems to have finally decided to stop forcing Windows 7 and 8.1 users to install the new operating system.
An update for Windows 7 and 8.1 that will be released later this week will change the behavior of the "X" button in the Windows 10 upgrade window.
At this time, clicking the X button in the box that shows that an upgrade to Windows 10 is scheduled does not change anything, which means that users do not confirm that they are in agreement with the upgrade.
Lisa Gurry, senior director of Microsoft's Windows division, said that the company wants to make the upgrade process as smooth as possible, and the update will roll out later this week for all systems.
"We are working very hard to address this issue." he says. "We work hard to deliver Windows that everyone will really love."
Microsoft has been often accused of using very pressing measures to upgrade to Windows 10, and many customers complained that their computers ended up running the new operating system without wanting to install it.
However, today's statement does not seem to be accidental. Yesterday we mentioned that the company agreed to pay $10.000 to a woman who sued Microsoft after her business computer automatically upgraded to Windows 10 and began experiencing problems performance, which affected her work.
While there is no evidence that the decision against Microsoft is the cause of the upcoming patch that will stop the aggressive upgrades in Windows 10, there is no doubt that it could help deal with similar incidents in the future.
Imagine that all the lawsuits (using the final conviction) against the company begin.
