A resident of California sued Microsoft $ 10 thousand

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Microsoft has agreed to pay $ 10 thousands of compensation to a resident of California, who claimed that the automatic loading of the Windows 10 operating system had disabled her computer.

According to Teri Goldstein, her car tried to automatically upgrade from the seventh version of the operating system to the tenth, without asking her consent.

After that, the speed of the computer fell to a minimum, and the woman was no longer able to use it for business purposes.

Microsoft did not admit its guilt, noting that they refused to take legal proceedings, only to save on legal costs.

Currently, Microsoft, whose operating systems, according to various sources, are installed on more than 80% of personal computers and workstations worldwide, is actively promoting Windows 10 as the latest operating system. Owners of the Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems are invited to upgrade to a new level for free.

However, many of the company's clients prefer not to “update”: some because they work on an old computer, some because they are afraid that new software will be incompatible with old programs, some because they disagree with the personal data collection policy. Microsoft data.

The American edition of the Seattle Times provides some details of the incident with Teri Goldstein. According to her, after installing the new operating system, her computer slowed down to a “snail’s speed.” “I had never heard of Windows 10. No one ever asked me if I wanted an upgrade,” the newspaper quoted her as saying.

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