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Following efforts to force Windows 10 on computers running older operating systems, some of which Microsoft claimed were accidental, the company awarded $10,000 to a California woman who said the unintended upgrade slowed her computer to a crawl. She claimed that the upgrade caused her work computer to crash and be unavailable for days at a time, so she took Microsoft to court, asking for a new computer and compensation for lost wages. Link
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/27 21:56:23
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Hey, if everyone else does this, then we should get compensated too right? Sounds like the woman is a scammer, and was just wanting to make some extra dollars.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/27 22:07:07
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In what world does this equate to $10k in damages? Give me a break.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/27 22:13:18
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If the settlement didn't pay her legal fees then I doubt she'll have much of the 10000 dollars to spend.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/27 23:12:22
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Never know it might turn into a Class Action Lawsuit !
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 05:19:19
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Scam or not, she got in the first punch!
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 05:28:32
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Microsoft deserved it, imo.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 05:48:06
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Did I hear someone say "Class Action Suit"? Sign me up!!!
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 06:42:50
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Zuhl3156 Did I hear someone say "Class Action Suit"? Sign me up!!!
Only thing I have against those is the lawyers get the lions share of any settlement..you get 2 bucks. But yes, Microsoft needs its comeuppance.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 06:47:30
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I can't wait for July so I can stop hunting down that pesky Windows 10 update KB3035583 and hiding it over and over again.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 09:59:06
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Zuhl3156 Did I hear someone say "Class Action Suit"? Sign me up!!!
Problem is, I believe the EULA for Windows specifically prevents class actions.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 10:07:59
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Zuhl3156 Did I hear someone say "Class Action Suit"? Sign me up!!!
Problem is, I believe the EULA for Windows specifically prevents class actions.
Nobody ever accused me of having 'class' before so I may be exempt from that clause. LOL
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 14:45:31
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 14:58:03
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I would settle for a replacement Windows 7 activation key. Pursuing compensation for all of the aggravation with forced driver updates and removal of installed software without my permission is just going to be more headaches.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 21:15:43
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Zuhl3156 I would settle for a replacement Windows 7 activation key. Pursuing compensation for all of the aggravation with forced driver updates and removal of installed software without my permission is just going to be more headaches.
With 10,000 you can get Win 7, and many other things. Come on, you have to stop thinking small.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/28 22:44:43
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I think they got what they deserved ! Maybe it will make them think about the Buyer before forcing it down our throats. 10,000 is like a dollar to them so it didnt hurt them 1 bit.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 04:58:44
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This opens the door to more and bigger lawsuits. Yay!
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 06:29:29
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Time for the little guy to fight back!
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 06:58:47
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If a bunch of little guys all got together and simultaneously all filed lawsuits Microsoft might decide to settle rather than waste legal fees fighting each and every single case in court.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 07:52:04
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Since they are already changing some of the ways you can decline upgrades, they might have already covered their butts enough. If there was a class action, I would jump onboard
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 08:14:05
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Zuhl3156 Did I hear someone say "Class Action Suit"? Sign me up!!!
Only thing I have against those is the lawyers get the lions share of any settlement..you get 2 bucks. But yes, Microsoft needs its comeuppance.
+1 The $2.00 would be a discount coupon, to use on purchasing MS software more than likely While the lawyers involved get to plan a nice retirement on their millions awarded.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 08:25:25
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Well, my backup PC upgraded against my wishes but I decided rather than let everyone know how stupid I was by not stopping it I just went with the flow. My failing health kept me from using that PC while my window of opportunity to roll back was still open. Now I am stuck with a disaster of an OS that does nothing but taunt me with countless Errors and Warnings in my Event Viewer each and every time I boot up. Excuse me while I go sit in a corner, pout and kick myself repeatedly until I pass out from the pain.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/29 20:31:03
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MS just cut the , and give us a great Win7 replacement we can like. Seriously cut the already, quit being a pretend Apple damn it!
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/30 05:06:29
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IMO, Windows 7 is as good as it gets. Sad to see that its days are numbered with no reliable alternative from MS in sight.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/30 05:12:48
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Zuhl3156 IMO, Windows 7 is as good as it gets. Sad to see that its days are numbered with no reliable alternative from MS in sight.
This...so far... I hope another OS maker comes along and makes something Win7'ish but better. Win10 is complete trash.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/30 05:27:13
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I had to do a couple of re-installs last week for some people and getting Windows 7 updates are so slow now. I will say that GWX stopper has been awesome in blocking 10. At this point on all my systems, I have just turned updates completely off. Not worth all the hassle anymore. Security vulnerability or possible windows 10 sneaky update...it's a toss up for me.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/06/30 05:30:07
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Microsoft already made it known that Windows 10 will be their final OS. Unless they release a SP1 or SP2 that upgrades it back to Windows 7 there is no hope for anything better from them.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
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Zuhl3156 Did I hear someone say "Class Action Suit"? Sign me up!!! Problem is, I believe the EULA for Windows specifically prevents class actions. Would that be the EULA for the OS I purchased and installed or the one they decided I needed more?...
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/07/10 11:23:25
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My next build will prob be Ubuntu/Steam_OS DualBoot. Been running Ubuntu on the Laptop for a year now, its been pretty good.
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Re: Microsoft Gives Woman $10,000 for Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
2016/07/10 12:37:53
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So far after the first download of the Bloatware microsoft forced updates. I have managed to catch all of them before download. There is a post on this forum just for those update #s to keep them off your computer. All I did was a system restore back to a date before the update. Then as I was updating would look for those pesky updates and hide them.
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