wraggster
September 14th, 2015, 20:16
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/4000x2667+0+0/resize/1200x800!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/71ca8379e217f9d91e981a541ee16088/202438283/482300538.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/11/windows-10-preload/)Taking the idea of "automatic updates" to the extreme, Microsoft has confirmed that it's downloading Windows 10 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/28/windows-10-review/) installation files on PCs just in case you might want to upgrade, The Inquirer reports (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2425381/microsoft-is-downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case). As a Microsoft rep tells it, the company is placing the files on computers that have opted into automatic updates through Windows Update. Normally that just entails getting a few security fixes every few weeks, but the Windows 10 installer can take up around 3.5GB and 6GB on your system. That's a lot of precious hard drive space for something you might not even want (though it's definitely worth upgrading (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/28/windows-10-review/)). Microsoft probably figures it's worth preloading files to make the Windows 10 installation faster, but it seems like a boneheaded move when storage is scarce on some machines (especially if you're stuck with flash memory or a small SSD). It makes more sense for Microsoft only to preload the files after you've decided to "reserve" the free upgrade (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/29/microsoft-rolls-out-free-windows-10-upgrades/).
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/11/windows-10-preload/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/11/windows-10-preload/