Now we have "Important" update KB2952664, described by MS as follows:

Tells me nothing, and my experience doesn't need easing, so I don't think so.

So from reading this thread Windows 10 has about as much chance as being accepted as Windows 8/8.1 or am I missing something?  Will the fact that it's Free be a deciding factor in this?  

It won't be 'free' on a new rig.  Wonder if OEMs will continue to offer Win7 as an option once W10 becomes the default new-rig OS?  Hope so.  Surface Pro 3 was in my plan but not so sure now, unless the ability to maintain control over updates is preserved in some fashion.

Win 10, hmmmmm......     the word oxymoron comes to mind.....

that's part of the nagging upgrade thingy that's been published before quite a few times. (the bulletin article itself is rev 12 i think) could have sworn i have it hidden but it appeared again.. smack in the middle of me playing mmo.. as if my machine isn't too laggy (cpu/ram issue... ) as it is.... as bad as the antivirus checking for update while the game is in windows mode (i suspect it doesn't check for updates if the game is full screen... meh)

Kinda like "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." -Civ 4 tech blurb

Today's entry in the MS-customer cat-mouse game:

Having previously hidden KB2952664 (see reply #16), it "auto-unhid" itself and was offered up again this morning as an "Important" update.  What was also noteworthy was the absence of the usual SysTray icon alerting one to new updates.  Only knew it was there when I opened the StartMenu, noticed the little shield in the Shut Down button & then opened Windows Update.

They know there is a little war going on.  Keep an eye out for more sneaky moves.

And then there's SR1 just one week after release....

KB2952664 showed up again in today's slew of updates.  Had to hide it for the 3rd time.  Devious, disrespectful bastards, MS.

Doesn't the agreement they make you accept include a waiver to class actions and such? At least if you're in North America anyway.

I don't believe any EULA prevents a judge granting class-action status to a lawsuit in the US.  In the same sense that a doctor is not 100% immunized by Good Samaritan laws against lawsuits for negligence, EULA's can't fully immunize a vendor.  Such 'conditions of use' are also counter to common law and historical precedent.  The lawyers who write the EULA's know that, but they put crap like that in there anyway.

Consumer Protection Laws require a product be fit for its intended use.  That is above and beyond any 'licence agreement'. The MS EULA reference to the 'waiver' for Nth American users means exactly zilch as the product is for world-wide consumption which would enable any user to join a class action initiated elsewhere.

If MS thinks they can get away with an OS systemic failure simply because it was a freebie they probably should spend a few dollars and repopulate their legal department with someone other than Judge Judy....

Easy, killer.  We could use more Judge Judys.