Ensure that the version of Windows 10 was installed without your permission and left his ‘useless’ computer
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The software giant Microsoft agreed to compensate with $ 10,000 to a woman of California , United States, after an automatic update of the Windows 10 operating system to become unusable your computer.
Teri Goldstein said his machine with Windows 7 tried to upgrade to Windows 10 without permission. Said the update had left the computer unusable and useless for managing your company.
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Microsoft said it had abandoned its attempts to appeal the case to save on legal costs.
the company has been noted by promote aggressively the latest version of its popular operating system, which it is currently available for download on computers running Windows 7 and 8.
However, many users have decided not to upgrade because they have older computers or software that does not work with Windows 10, or are concerned about the tracking capability the new system or just do not want to install.
“a snail’s pace”
in February, Microsoft incorporated Windows 10 to security updates and turned it into a “recommended update” . This means that downloaded and automatically installed unless the user block the procedure.
The company was accused of trying to trick users that installed the update.
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the Seattle Times reported that the computer Goldstein was running “a snail’s pace” since it was installed Windows 10 and the Microsoft customer service had not solved the problem.
“I had never heard of Windows 10. no one asked me if I wanted to upgrade,” he told the newspaper woman.
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