Microsoft adjusts Windows 10 upgrade notification after criticism

Microsoft will launch a new notification for Windows 10 upgrades this week, which will more clearly indicate what options users have and offer the option to decline the upgrade. The change comes after major criticism of the software maker’s intrusive upgrade policy.

The new notification that Microsoft will show starting this week points out that Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade for free until July 29. In addition to the option to initiate the upgrade immediately, the window now offers for the first time the option to reject it in its entirety. The red closing cross no longer initiates the upgrade process, which used to be the case.

The latter, among other things, Microsoft came under a lot of criticism, as this was the first time that the red closing cross was used for confirmation. “We’ve had feedback from some customers that they found it confusing,” Microsoft Windows CEO Terry Meyerson said in a statement published by The Verge, among others.

Microsoft has set itself the goal of achieving one billion installations of Windows 10, among other things in order to create a large market for its universal windows platform apps. Not every user wanted to upgrade from, for example, Windows 7, according to many complaints about the mandatory upgrade policy.

On Monday, it appeared in the news that Microsoft has paid an American woman $10,000 because her computer had become slow due to a failed Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft denies guilt, but dropped its appeal in the lawsuit “to avoid spending on any upcoming complaints.”

After July 29, users will have to pay for the upgrade. The price of the Windows 10 Home license is then 119 euros.