Hard to believe, but Microsoft just released a new version of
KB 3035583, the oft-maligned "Get Windows 10" installer.
For the few Windows 7 customers who don't already know, KB 3035583 is the root cause of all of those "Get Windows 10" ads, most notably the one that flew across
TV station KCCI's weather report last Wednesday, much to the chagrin of quick-thinking meteorologist Metinka Slater.
We've been
tracking the nagware here for more than a year.
According to Net Applications, Windows 10 usage share jumped all of 1.2 percent in April.
Gregg Keizer at Computerworld pegs Win10 to hit 20 percent of all Windows desktop usage worldwide by the middle of the year.
The nagware onslaught has drawn near-universal condemnation. Microsoft persists. Perhaps the upgrade pace is too slow -- or Microsoft figures the crack of the upgrade whip too muted.
