It gets even better - for some of the super special lucky upgraders, you'll get your software uninstalled.

No, really - your AV will probably be replaced with Windows Defender (if it's not detected or deemed not current), and anything Microsoft decides it doesn't like will be removed before you're allowed to upgrade.

Oh yeah, and then there's the "feature deprecation" - the fuckwits don't know what deprecation means, because what they're doing is removing Windows Media Centre, DVD playback, desktop gadgets, and Hearts.

:|

Hearts?! Fuckers.

They're removing all the games, but Minesweeper and Solitaire will have special versions to replace them. Hearts is being ditched because they're lazy and/or arseholes.

Perhaps they've discovered that it's the network code in Hearts that's been the source of all their security woes over the years :'D

Honest, m'lud.

...Except Candy Crush. Because Microsoft is just epic when it comes to jumping on bandwagons that have already gone the distance...

Awwww, no one unlocking the next Kingdom for you?

That must be a win8.1/appstore thing, it doesn't appear on my win7 install

No, it's a bundled-by-default-with-Windows-10 thing.

OK. I misread "They're removing all the games...Except Candy Crush" as CC already being installed.

No matter, the main thing from your link is that it appears that the weepin' an' wailin' an' gnashin' of teeth over the loss of Hearts may have been premature. We can all sleep better for that.

No, not except Candy Crush - they're removing existing games.

They are then bringing in others, including Candy Crush, which has always been shit and yet is still trundling along in its shitness in some quarters so its not really surprising that they'd try and lure people into upgrading by using it.

> Because Microsoft is just epic when it comes to jumping on bandwagons that have already gone the distance...

That really better have been deliberate irony, though I fear it were not and thus you deserve nothing less than a hard slap on the cheeks.

I can't find the original source for that "And they are coming back in Windows 10" quote - it's all over news articles but not being returned when I search for it.

The official Windows upgrade thing says: Solitaire, Minesweeper and Hearts Games that come pre-installed on Windows 7 will be removed as part of installing the Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft has released our version of Solitaire and Minesweeper called the “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” and “Microsoft Minesweeper”.

Also, Google's suggested search is a bit sinister...

It wasn't that hard to find, I followed the link in Dave's link to MS's Windows blog: "Solitaire. Hearts. Minesweeper. These are games that have been played millions of times over the years in Windows. And they are coming back in Windows 10."

I swear that text wasn't there when I looked. :/

It's definitely not being returned by Google though.

google.com/search?q="And%20they%20are%20coming%20back%20in%20Windows%2010"%20site:blogs.windows.com - no results for the phrase; first result for unquoted version doesn't mention hearts, candy, or coming.

I shouldn't be surprised given how fucking useless Google are, but their incompetence is not usually so directly obvious.

Got this the other day and dutifully 'reserved' my copy of Win 10. Now how the fuck do I make the notification fuck off? Can't be arsed having that permanently in my system tray for a month. 

Drag it to the little triangle where hidden ones are kept out of view. If you have one.

Yes but it's still /there/ :@

Uninstalled the Windows Update that brought it, should be gone after a reboot :C

I think uninstalling is the only option.

Even if you hide the icon, it returns on reboot. How retarded is that?

I hear the official solution from MS is to upgrade it Windows 10. That'll sort it.

That may be the official solution, but I wonder what the /real/ solution is.