Posted on 06/27/2016 9:47:33 AM PDT by dayglored
A few days after Microsoft released Windows 10 to the public last year, Teri Goldstein's computer started trying to download and install the new operating system. The update, which she says she didn't authorize, failed. Instead, the computer she uses to run her Sausalito, California, travel-agency business slowed to a crawl. It would crash, she says, and be unusable for days at a time.
"I had never heard of Windows 10," Goldstein said. "Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to update."When outreach to Microsoft's customer support didn't fix the issue, Goldstein took the software giant to court, seeking compensation for lost wages and the cost of a new computer. She won. Last month, Microsoft dropped an appeal and Goldstein collected a $10,000 judgment from the company.
Microsoft denies any wrongdoing, and says they only halted their appeal to avoid the cost of further litigation.
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What happens in a month?
The free upgrade offer dies, and you have to pay for the upgrade.
It keeps trying to load on my computer. If I don’t wait around while my computer is booting up and I am not there to decline the load, it starts loading.
If your hard drive still works, that is probably not true unless someone ignored warnings of data loss and instructed Win 10 to reformat the drive. The "upgrade" install, and even a typical install over Win 7/8 from a Win 10 iso file, preserves your old files.
It is a link to a page where you can download a utility to stop the installation of Windows 10. It is from GRC.com ( Steve Gibsons site - a trusted site to download from )
I’ve also heard that there are class action suits in the wings for people using metered Internet services, where they’re charged “out the wazoo” for any overages on their data usage.
Imagine you’ve got a 5GB Internet limit, and MS downloads, without your permission, nearly 10GB of content to your hard drive. You have to pay for the overage.
Mark
What amazes me is that you prefer Win8. To each their own. ;-)
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In my opinion, win 10 sucks less than win 8, they both suck though.
Like you said, to each his own.
A better link is this one. It solves the problem once and for all.
Or, if you are truly lazy and have a little spare change, just click here.
Of course, if you are too scared to click links, then I can't help you. Although, with Windoze lusers, I suppose that reaction is to be expected.
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