[dayglored]

We hear a lot of complaints about "unauthorized" and "forced" Win10 upgrades, but here's somebody who did something about it.

[dayglored]

Windows 10 upgrade lawsuit... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Telepathic Intruder]

$10,000. Bill Gates must be smarting from that.

[TheCipher]

Never 10

[rarestia]

Just one more month, and it’ll be all over!

[McGruff]

Oh man. I can see lawyers lining up now. “Have you been upgraded to Windows 10 without your permission? If so call Sal (1-800-fre-money)”

[doomtrooper99]

It’s about time Microsoft paid and paid BIG for it’s software malpractice. They should pay people MILLIONS not mere tens of thousands of dollars.

[ToxicMich]

Windows 10 sucks rock. Had to remove it from my tablet/computer because it rendered the majority of my apps obsolete. I must admit that reverting back to Windows 8 was a breeze.

[Major Matt Mason]

Ah yes, the memory leak issue, which I am now dealing with on my own laptop after being forced into WIN 10. I guess you can turn off the update, which I did on another PC, but this laptop has been rendered somewhat useless thanks to MS.

[dayglored]

> We hear a lot of complaints about "unauthorized" and "forced" Win10 upgrades, but here's somebody who did something about it.

Remember, folks, if you really want to prevent an authorized "upgrade", you can do so. There are numerous FR threads with links to tools that disable and/or silence the nagging reminders and GWX programs.

Search FR on keyword "windowspinglist" and look for the Win10 upgrade complaint threads. There are plenty of them to choose from.

[Still Thinking]

Microsoft denies any wrongdoing, and says they only halted their appeal to avoid the cost of further litigation.

So I can assume it's Microshaft's legal opinion that I too can break into people's computers and add and delete software without their permission, desire, or even advance knowledge? No? So they're somehow legally "special"? They're special alright.

[Marko413]

My laptop was bought right about when Win10 was coming out so I voluntarily went ahead with the upgrade from 8.1. The upgrade was nearly seamless, except that it didn’t get the sound driver the first time. When I manually had it check afterwards, then it worked just fine. Since then I have felt the upgrade was a major plus on the laptop. Boots faster, runs smoother, and overall has been great. If the hardware in your system isn’t compliant with Win10 I can understand someone wanting to not want this upgrade. Otherwise, no complaints here from me.

[sevlex]

Open the lawsuit floodgates! Microsoft is going to get financially reamed because of this. A very deserved reaming at that.

[butlerweave]

if the upgrade fails it resets back to previous windows and nothing changes , I suspect sabotage on her part

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

As a current Windows 10 user, I say again, why does Microsoft want to foist this system on us so urgently. I’ve seen the explanation that Microsoft would benefit handsomely from advertisements via Windows 10, but I still wonder. Maybe Microsoft will join all our Windows 10 computers into one giant botnet to spam the world with ads that will make them millions? Or perhaps Windows 10 is extraordinarily efficient in collecting all our personal information, should we not opt out, for purposes of targeting us with specific ads or even sharing it with government entities?

[camle]

f anybody hears of a class action for forced upgrades, lemme know

[Larry Lucido]

Did they pay her out of petty cash?

[Raycpa]

WINxit

[MoochPooch]

This very evening I have to go to Geek Squad to pick up my PC which had crashed thanks to Window 10. All my files & apps are gone. I didn’t realize what a dud this OS has been.

[TomGuy]

If ‘users’ ever bothered to read the End User License Agreement (EULA), they would find that they are basically renting, not owning, many software programs.

Enforceable? Who knows?

It was the Euro court that forced MS to allow for removing Internet Explorer from Windows. Up until then, MS claimed that IE was an integral part of Windows.

[upchuck]

GWX10 Control Panel (free download) will stop Win 10 in it’s tracks.

IMHO, there should be a massive class action lawsuit filed against M$FT for forcing Win 10 on us.

Me? Happy Win 7 user. I have no reason to upgrade. Win 7 does all I want and has loads of features I never use.

WIN 10 is M$FT’s first step to a “per use” business model. Count me out.