Microsoft Allegedly Paid $650 to Dodge Lawsuit over Forced Windows 10 Upgrade

If you're nonetheless on Windows 7 or 8.1, you probably remember that Microsoft was quite aggressive during the free Windows 10 upgrade offer, trying to convince everybody in a single way or an additional to offer a attempt to its new operating method.

And there have been moments when some computers got upgraded to Windows 10 "accidentally," as Microsoft itself explained, due to an error with all the Get Windows 10 app that downloaded and installed the OS without users' consent.

This really is what occurred in the case of an Alzheimer patient, who got his computer upgraded to Windows 10 last summer all of a sudden, even though he truly refused the upgrade many times.

Tech consultant Jesse Worley explains that his grandfather probably clicked the "X" button inside the Get Windows 10 app, which originally was similar to agreeing together with the upgrade to become performed at a later time. But within this case, the office 2010 standard computer was configured to look and feel like Windows XP simply because, as the man puts it, his grandfather used the program for a daily routine that involved playing games such as Minesweeper.

His computer was built 10 years ago when the man was diagnosed with Alzheimer, The Register reports, so the Windows XP look and feel was needed in Windows 7 for a extra familiar practical experience.

But everything was lost after the upgrade to Windows 10, so the tech consultant was looking for damages from Microsoft. Immediately after threatening with a lawsuit, Worley asked for a check of $650 and is now recommending users whose computers got upgraded to Windows 10 without their consent to do the same thing or start legal action.

"They [Windows users] really need to study up on their EULA and take Microsoft for the modest claims court. Not a lot of people do that or are prepared to take Microsoft for the reason that of the high probability of losing," he said. "A lot of folks complete the Windows 10 upgrade and didn't like but they don't realize that you can actually write a letter and get a couple of hundred dollars for the time it took to fix that."

Microsoft hasn't issued a statement on this, but it is no wonder the corporation agreed to pay damages towards the man, especially since it all comes down to just $650. A lawsuit would have cost a lot extra than that, that's for confident, particularly mainly because there have been big chances for the business to lose it.