I see that Microsoft has now admitted that it screwed up. From ITPRO:
Microsoft has apologised for a mistake in a recent Windows update that led to Window 7 and Windows 8.1 computers being automatically upgraded to Windows 10.
While Microsoft has been heavily promoting its new OS and strongly encouraging customers to upgrade, it has been an opt-in, rather than an opt-out process. However, Ars Technica readers started to complain that the upgrade was happening without their permission.
Microsoft acknowledged the issue, telling the website saying it was an unexpected bug.
"As part of our effort to bring Windows 10 to existing genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers, the Windows 10 upgrade may appear as an optional update in the Windows Update (WU) control panel," Microsoft said in a statement. "This is an intuitive and trusted place people go to find Recommended and Optional updates to Windows. In the recent Windows update, this option was checked as default; this was a mistake and we are removing the check."
There's a large Windows 10 update coming in November - those who have Win10 Home won't have any choice over the download as the ability to manage updates has been deleted from Win10 Home as they're now downloaded automatically.
Oh good - I can hardly wait....
Can we have something
useful back please, Micro$oft? Such as AutoRoute??