If you don’t know already, Microsoft has the tendency to try
and force Windows users to upgrade to the “latest and greatest” version of
their operating system. Of course this is understandable but when they force it
upon you without your permission or try to sneak it onto your computer during
an update then that’s going a little too far.
You might remember the recent issues end users were having
with Windows 10 being installed on their computers without them knowing or
without them approving the upgrade. If you are a power user then you most
likely would have caught the attempts and would have been able to stop them but
for the average user things ended up working out a little differently. Many
people ended up with partial installations or upgrades that didn’t successfully
install causing lost files and unusable computers.
Now there is a group of people who have started a lawsuit
claiming these Windows 10 upgrades caused data loss and damage to their
computers causing the individuals to lose valuable time and money and in some
cases having to buy a new computer or hire professional help to get them going
again. So far there are 3 people involved in the lawsuit but a group of lawyers
are getting involved to start a class action lawsuit aimed at Microsoft on
behalf of potentially hundreds of thousands of people affected by the upgrade.
Microsoft has responded saying there were multiple warnings
and alerts related to the upgrades and that users had the option not to upgrade
during the free upgrade time period. But in their defense these warnings were
not clear for the average computer user. Microsoft also says that there is a
rollback option to revert back to your previous operating system version but
there were many users who had issues trying to do that as well.
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