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		hughdbrown on March 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In t... Well, thanks, but I am not smug about this. I don't care if Windows lives or dies. I've moved on. We are no longer dating. And here's how it happened: http://www.iwebthereforeiam.com/iwebthereforeiam/2009/10/int... I was a happy Windows developer (DOS, Windows 3,1, NT, Windows 95, Windows whatever) and found that windows was too annoying to live with. And I don't pretend this is everyone's situation or even anyone else's. It doesn't matter to me. I've moved on and I'm happy.

varkson on March 4, 2014 [–]

It's your dumb fault for installing a beta and expecting it to update cleanly. It's never been that way and I wouldn't be surprised if it was made clear at the download page, as it was with all the Windows 8 betas.

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