How Microsoft's tricky new Windows 10 pop-up deceives you into upgrading

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PCWorld Power Tips May 26, 2016 How Microsoft's tricky new Windows 10 pop-up deceives you into upgrading A nasty change to the way Microsoft's "Get Windows 10" pop-up behaves seems designed to trick users into upgrading. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • How to escape that forced Windows 10 upgrade you mistakenly agreed to • How to go back to Windows 7 or 8 after an unwanted Windows 10 upgrade • How to monitor, measure, and manage your broadband consumption • 5 Firefox add-ons to make you more productive online • Windows 10: The best tricks, tips, and tweaks • How to get special characters using Alt key codes or the Word Symbols library • How to manage Windows 10's People app • How Excel counts business days, holidays and more • How to copy links from Windows Store apps to your clipboard • Why you should use the OneDrive app in Windows 10 How to escape that forced Windows 10 upgrade you mistakenly agreed to After surprising many Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users with a forced upgrade, Microsoft says there's still an escape hatch. Here's how it works. Read More ▶ How to go back to Windows 7 or 8 after an unwanted Windows 10 upgrade Microsoft's pushing Windows 10 onto Windows 7 and 8 PCs even if you didn't consent to it. Here's how to get your computer back to normal. Read More ▶ How to monitor, measure, and manage your broadband consumption Dealing with a data cap? Tired of getting dinged for busting through it? Learn how to identify the hogs on your network and how to make sure your ISP is delivering everything you're paying for. Read More ▶ 5 Firefox add-ons to make you more productive online Customize your favorite browser with these tools for working more efficiently and squashing distractions. Read More ▶ Windows 10: The best tricks, tips, and tweaks Windows 10 is chock full of handy, hidden new features worth exploring. Check out the best tips and tricks here. Read More ▶ How to get special characters using Alt key codes or the Word Symbols library Alt key codes give you access to hundreds of special ASCII characters, from accent marks to tiny icons. We show you how to use the Alt codes and also Word's Symbol library. Read More ▶ How to manage Windows 10's People app Windows 10 comes with a contacts app, but it's not entirely clear what you can do with it Read More ▶ How Excel counts business days, holidays and more Excel makes it easy to find how many days there are between two dates. With a little more effort, you can find the number of days in which people will be actually working. Read More ▶ How to copy links from Windows Store apps to your clipboard A little app called Share Via Clipboard takes the frustration out of copying links or other content from Windows Store apps. Read More ▶ Why you should use the OneDrive app in Windows 10 The OneDrive Windows Store app for Windows 10 makes viewing offloaded files easier. Read More ▶

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