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Windows 10: Forced Update.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
1 Oct 2010
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“When an update is available, the user is unable to shutdown or restart their operating system without updating.”

Windows 10 was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over its “Forced Update” behaviour. According to the entry, when an update is available the user is unable to shut down or restart the operating system without first applying the update.

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