Microsoft Must Pay for Unwanted Upgrade on Windows 10

Microsoft must pay for unwanted upgrade on Windows 10 -Gifts are not always welcome: the accidental installation of the free upgrade to Windows 10 made a user in the United States so angry that she moved against Microsoft in court. The group must pay her now 10,000 damages, equivalent to about 9035 euro.

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Shortly after the release of Windows 10 in July of last year discovered Teri Goldstein, a Windows user in California (United States), that the free upgrade is installed on Windows 10 on your computer. Then the computer crashed and was for days not to use.

By his own admission, she had never authorized this upgrade. "I had never even heard of Windows 10", she said the "Seattle Times" newspaper. "No one had asked me if I wanted the update".

Windows 10 upgrade provided for loss of earnings

The woman runs a travel agency and need the computer for their business. Goldstein turned directly to the support of Microsoft, where no one could help her but. She decided to sue Microsoft because of lost revenue and incurred costs for a new PC.

The judge condemned Microsoft to a payment of $10,000 damages, equivalent to about 9035 euro. The first appeal retired Microsoft, the company denies however any wrongdoing. A spokesman said that Microsoft wanted to further increase process costs at the "Seattle Times".

Upgrade message annoys many users

With the release of Windows 10 in July of last year, Microsoft began to move users of older operating systems to switch to Windows 10. The upgrade recommendation appears at each restart of a computer running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

The upgrade can be installed free of charge until July 29 over an existing version of Windows. Then, users can buy the operating system only with a new PC or home version for 119 dollars, Microsoft announced last month.

Users can chat for Windows 10

Have you already gained experience with the upgrade to Windows 10? Or are still considering whether you should dare the transition? Discuss with us on June 29 from 14: 00 on t-online.de.

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