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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by cortesoft on Monday March 14, 2016 @06:47PM (#11286123)
Assuming you are there to respond to the dialog.... if you aren't, then the timer will go off and it will be too late.
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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by 21 on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:08PM (#11286540)
That happened to me. I was pushing the update a week away each time it prompted me. But at one prompt I was out in the city.

When I arrived home, the computer was rebooted and upgraded to Windows 10...

The curious thing is that I have Bitlocker on all drives, including the system one, and it asks for the password on boot. Somehow they got over that (probably temporarily saved the key somewhere).

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