Error occurred when Windows Update upgraded Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 without permission

Every time Windows is restarted, an invitation to upgrade to Windows 10 will appear, so it will be in a state that it will be an annoyance for users who are not planning to update yet or have not yet determined whether they will work properly on Windows 10 Although it is clear that it was an error that it might be automatically upgraded to Windows 10 semi-forcibly by whatever Windows Update was done.

Windows 10 upgrade installing automatically on some Windows 7, 8 systems | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-upgrade-installing-automatically-on-some-windows-7-8-systems/

Next big Windows 10 release will ease activation hassles | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/article/next-big-windows-10-release-will-ease-activation-hassles/

Automatic upgrade to Windows 10, which should be optional in Windows Update in October 2015, is included in the Windows Update program "Checked from the beginningIt is state, and if it keeps as it is, it will not finish Windows Update only, it will start the upgrade procedure to Windows 10. Please note that upgrading can be interrupted during the Windows 10 upgrade procedure.

Also at Ars Technica, the upgrade item to Windows 10 to the option (selective system) at Windows Update,Status with default checkedIt was confirmed that it was. In other words, if you do not take the trouble to clear the option item automatically, the upgrade procedure will start automatically to Windows 10.


Until now, it was known that downloading data for upgrading Windows 10 without permission was done in the background, but if you do not carefully uncheck the option on Windows Update, the upgrade procedure will automatically be done to Windows 10 It can also be said that what starts off is that Microsoft has taken a step further and has turned into a step taken for the upgrade to Windows 10.

Regarding this correspondence, Ars Technica inquired into the Microsoft publicity, "Windows program upgrade program to Windows 10 is provided within the Windows Update program.In recent Windows Update program, it is checked by default to upgrade to Windows 10 Although it was as it was, this is a mistake and I am changing to a state that has not been checked already, "he said that he got the answer that it was Microsoft's mistake.


Microsoft's "malicious mistake" is caused by this malfunction itself, but Microsoft is preparing various measures to make it easy to upgrade to Windows 10 to users using the old OS. For example, Build 10565 of Windows 10 Insider Preview will be able to activate Windows 10 using Windows 7/8 / 8.1 product key. If you have Windows 7/8 / 8.1 license, you can activate Windows 7/8 / 8.1 product key even if you cleanly install Windows 10.


In addition, the following article explains how to stop the automatic upgrade so as not to upgrade to Windows 10 and not upgrade by mistake.

How to stop automatic upgrade to Windows 10 in Windows 7 · 8.1 - GIGAZINE