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Microsoft has to pay a woman $10,000 in compensation after she began a lawsuit against the company because of an unwanted Windows 10 upgrade. Her computer was slow and struggled with crashes after upgrading, is claimed.
The American woman uses her computer for its travel agency. Last year her computer updated to Windows 10, without her consent the says ."I had never heard of Windows 10. No one ever asked me if I wanted to update."
The update failed, her computer become slower and she now had to deal with crashes. The Microsoft helpdesk could not help her solve the problem, she went to court to demand compensation. The woman won this lawsuit.
Microsoft appealed but let it fall "to avoid spending any upcoming problems. The company pays the woman ten thousand dollars. Microsoft gets a lot of criticism about the intrusive way in which the new operating system tries to install. The forceful rollout has angered users, but has also boosted Windows 10 numbers, crossing 270 million users by the end of March 2016, running on 17.43% of the worlds’ computers - second only to Windows 7 - according to data from Netmarketshare. Whether the lawsuit and $10,000 judgment will spawn further suits over failed or forced Windows 10 installs remains to be seen. Goldstein has shown it’s possible, which could open the floodgates.
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#5296436 Posted on: 06/28/2016 03:50 PM
Why didn't I think of this
Win 10 crashed my business system. I should have thought of this. Useless operating system none the less.
Why didn't I think of this
Win 10 crashed my business system. I should have thought of this. Useless operating system none the less.
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#5296508 Posted on: 06/28/2016 06:51 PM
Totally useless people more like.
I don't understand some people who have to have the very latest and greatest yet they are stuck on a 10+ year old OS.
MS just wants everybody on the same OS because old OSes will become more of a security risk as time goes by.
Of course they are in it for the money but i think very kind of them to give it away for free in the first place.
I have a really old laptop with a single core and 2gb of ram that my misses uses sometimes for browsing and playing FB games. I got Win 10 working on it fine.
In fact it actually runs much better with 10 over Vista that was on it.
Win 10 crashed my business system. I should have thought of this. Useless operating system none the less.
Totally useless people more like.
I don't understand some people who have to have the very latest and greatest yet they are stuck on a 10+ year old OS.
MS just wants everybody on the same OS because old OSes will become more of a security risk as time goes by.
Of course they are in it for the money but i think very kind of them to give it away for free in the first place.
I have a really old laptop with a single core and 2gb of ram that my misses uses sometimes for browsing and playing FB games. I got Win 10 working on it fine.
In fact it actually runs much better with 10 over Vista that was on it.
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#5296555 Posted on: 06/28/2016 08:32 PM
Using a small claims court too so no major money needed for a lawyer very good. Lets get the ball rolling a scr3w microsoft for every cent they deserve for this
Using a small claims court too so no major money needed for a lawyer very good. Lets get the ball rolling a scr3w microsoft for every cent they deserve for this
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#5296569 Posted on: 06/28/2016 09:15 PM
Lol why she didn't roll back?
I wish I could leave there
10k$ ooh Lord...
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Microsoft Support could not help her.. which is why she took Microsoft to court and won.
Lol why she didn't roll back?
I wish I could leave there
10k$ ooh Lord...
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Microsoft Support could not help her.. which is why she took Microsoft to court and won.
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Good,good.
NOt everyone are geeks in computers&gaming as most of you.
As a laptop used for bussines this is a worst nightmare if your database or some documents are broken or stolen because M$$$ dont give a damn about security policy or privacy.
Its not a big money she won,but next time M$$$ maybe will proceed with caution.Exactly!!!!
Lol why she didn't roll back?
I wish I could leave there
10k$ ooh Lord...
Gigabyte logitech coolermaster corsair wait meReverting Windows 10 does not always work. I had a system come in were the client tried doing a roll back and it errored during the process leaving them with a Brick!