Windows 10 update message. Genuine or threat?
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Hello, good people.
My wife has a W10 laptop. Recently, she's been getting messages like this, supposedly from Microsoft
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Windows 10
It's time to review your privacy settings to get ready for the next update.
It doesn't take long. We've shown you this reminder more than five times and we need your help to get the update ready for your PC.
- We want to get the next updates to you so that Windows runs smoothly
- We'll save your settings and notify you before the update starts. It won't happen immediately.
Select Review settings and we'll get the problem taken care of.
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There's a "Review settings" button which you can click on.
My question is quite simple: is this a genuine message from Microsoft or should I be wary? My experience with Microsoft is that they simple install the updates when you shut down the computer or start it up. I know Microsoft can be a little aggressive at times e.g. they wanted to force me to update my W7 machine to W10. But this approach is rather different.
I've done a search to see if there are warnings about this sort of message, and couldn't find any, so maybe it is legit.
Many thanks for your insights.
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You can only delay the update for so long, so be sure to backup all your stuff before it attempts to update. See if your settings allow you to schedule the update. Windows 10 Pro allows you to, but I'm not sure if you can do it on Windows 10 Home.
I wish MS would not force people to update, but it does. I understand the rationale but it tends to piss people off. Good to see you SwissTony! 
EDIT: If you're interested here'e instrux on how to block the update to new version:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3188869/microsoft-windows/todays-the-day-to-block-windows-10-creators-update.html
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