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Windows 10: Compensation for Computer Crash

Windows 10 and upgrades like this: A Finn manages to convince Consumer Council of Finland that Microsoft is responsible for the damage caused to its computer after installing Windows 10 without its permission.

The national broadcaster YLE says the council has recommended Microsoft to pay 1.100 euros as compensation for damages caused by the unauthorized installation of Windows 10 in March of 2016.

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For those who remember back then, Microsoft was very aggressively promoting Windows 10 as a free upgrade from its older operating systems. ( and Windows 8.1).

The event angered the users of the company around the world, and 2016 Microsoft paid 10.000 as a claimant a dollar for the same problem. The unexpected upgrades were also the basis of a collective action filed with 2017.

The Finn who started the matter and was detected from MSPowerUser, asked Microsoft's board to pay EUR 3.000 for the difficulties it faced after the unwanted upgrade to Windows 10.

Windows 10 began to be installed unexpectedly and without his permission on the complainant's new laptop, which was running Windows 8. The Finn reported that after the update the computer displayed an error message “the it should be repaired.”

He claimed to have contacted 15 people from the ς s of Microsoft, but the problems could not be solved. The victim told YLE that he wasted time and money on her of his files but also for the purchase of spare parts. The upgrade also reportedly damaged a surveillance camera he was using to monitor one of his properties.

Microsoft has not denied that Windows 10 was able to be installed without the user's permission, and it also did not dispute the damage caused by the upgrade.

The Consumer Committee considers that Windows updates are covered by Finland's Consumer Protection Act, which requires the provider to demonstrate that the service has been properly executed.

Of course, the decision could lead to group complaints by Finns who suffered damage as a result of the unwanted upgrading.

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