Windows 10 Users Considering Class Action Lawsuit Against Microsoft for Poor System Performance

[JerkyMcDilerino]

• Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-users-considering-class-action-lawsuit-against-microsoft-for-poor-system-performance-496880.shtml

 

• Microsoft's Community forum action law suite thread: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/upgrade-10-class-action-lawsuit/cd4bfca3-e297-479a-a7fd-94bdf765dcc9?page=1

 

The Windows 10 experience has so far been very mixed for those who installed Microsoft's new operating system, and while some claim this is the best OS version so far, others can't get the Start menu working after upgrading from Windows 7 and 8.1.

 

It's no secret that there are ton of problems in Windows 10, at least on some PCs, so some of those whose computers got upgraded to this OS version, either manually or automatically by Microsoft, are now considering the possibility of starting a class action lawsuit against the company.

 

This idea was first posted on Microsoft's Community forums on August 14, 2015, and since then the thread has received nearly 200 answers, most of which criticize the company for the performance of Windows 10.

 

 

“Thousands of computers made useless because of Windows 10”  

The original message that calls for the class action lawsuit also mentions some of the problems that could allow Windows 10 upgraders to take the company to court:

“Is there an attorney or firm interested in pursuing a class action suit? There are thousands of computers that have been rendered useless after being upgraded to Windows 10 through ‘automatic updates’ and left with 1. no sound, 2. no operating screen time 3. no access (password issues) 3.  memory issues 4. lost files 5. unauthorized access by Microsoft,” user LisaCapaci posted.

Now, there’s one major thing that users should take into account when thinking about a class action against Microsoft: they agreed with the EULA when installing Windows 10, so some of the complaints mentioned here are no longer valid.

Plus, as far as the unauthorized access by Microsoft is concerned, the company has already explained that it doesn’t collect more than error information and app crash data, so no personal details are being sent from your computer. And again, this info is already included in the privacy policy, making it irrelevant in court.

Whether Windows 10 users are ready to start class action lawsuit against Microsoft remains to be seen, but for the moment, this is just another sign that things are not going exactly as expected for the Redmond-based software giant.

I eat chicken wings in Thanksgiving. WHAT DO YOU EAT IN THE THANKSGIVING?

[Bananasplit_00]

yah my start menue freezes and i cant do anything with it, happens rarely and is just a good reminder that i should probably turn off my pc instead of using hypersleep

[Goodman2265]

should go through

[HippY]

as of now i had 0 problems with my Win10, and I love it

even compared to OSX, it is a much better power user enviromnent

[Syntaxvgm]

Oh nothing about the forced upgrades or the spying? Or the pop up ads in windows 8? Keep dreaming. 

[Mr_Troll]

bad performance they say? .... i say its because they probably have nvidia hardware ... and we know that nvidia and win10 + DX 12 dont like each other that much  

[JerkyMcDilerino]

Update: Missing a secondary source link.

 

Here is the Microsoft's Community forum action law suit thread. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/upgrade-10-class-action-lawsuit/cd4bfca3-e297-479a-a7fd-94bdf765dcc9?page=1&auth=1

[Belgarathian]

America is so backwards, you guys sue everyone for anything. 

 

Cleaner missed a spot on your floor? Sued. 

[Fetzie]

Don't American users waive their right to sue Microsoft when they accept the EULA (you can't sign away that right in Europe)?

[That90sKid]

I used to get a lot of blue screens on windows 10. Some page fault in nonpage error message every time it happened.

[Belgarathian]

bad performance they say? .... i say its because they probably have nvidia hardware ... and we know that nvidia and win10 + DX 12 dont like each other that much  

 

I have SLI and W10 and it works fine. I honestly think it's people who still have older drivers, hardware, and software causing issues and they blame Microsoft even though it has nothing to do with them. If you want to use software from 2003, but don't blame Microsoft for your problems when your software causes your computer to crash. 

 

I see it all the time, they'll update something and instantly blame whatever they updated or installed last for the problems they're having now. I swear someone could install W10 and would blame W10 because it 'killed the internet' after their router died because it was hit by lightning. 

[NumLock21]

Idiots looking for easy money ain't going to be rich over night.

[Fetzie]

I have SLI and W10 and it works fine. I honestly think it's people who still have older drivers, hardware, and software causing issues and they blame Microsoft even though it has nothing to do with them. If you want to use software from 2003, but don't blame Microsoft for your problems when your software causes your computer to crash. 

 

I see it all the time, they'll update something and instantly blame whatever they updated or installed last for the problems they're having now. I swear someone could install W10 and would blame W10 because it 'killed the internet' after their router died because it was hit by lightning. 

 

Yeah, it is always astonishing how many things that get reported to us at work that "broke after an update", and we can prove that the update was not at fault Or people that claim that an update failed when the error report logs tell us they rebooted it halfway through the update procedure

[Guest Kloaked]

bad performance they say? .... i say its because they probably have nvidia hardware ... and we know that nvidia and win10 + DX 12 dont like each other that much

Not true.

[typographie]

America is so backwards, you guys sue everyone for anything. 

 

Cleaner missed a spot on your floor? Sued. 

 

Ouch, stereotypes. It's probably fair to say most of us Americans think this is a bit stupid as well.

 

Also, I don't know anyone who hires a cleaning service.

[Nineshadow]

No sound?

Seriously?

 

This is so bs...how can they even prove poor system performance in court? All the rest are just issues that can and will eventually happen , and which can be fixed. Also...they agreed to the EULA so...what's the point really?

[Legion]

Another waste of time money and court resources.

[Belgarathian]

Ouch, stereotypes. It's probably fair to say most of us Americans think this is a bit stupid as well.

 

Also, I don't know anyone who hires a cleaning service.

 

I'm currently working with a new business venture out of NZ into the states and we have been told by our lawyers "Prepare to be sued." We've actually already had a cease and desist notice issued to us within two weeks because, and I quote, our "service is similar". 

 

I won't disclose what we do, but it's the equivalent of one cleaner sending a cease and desist to another cleaner because that cleaner also happens to clean floors. 

[Fetzie]

No sound?

Seriously?

 

This is so bs...how can they even prove poor system performance in court? All the rest are just issues that can and will eventually happen , and which can be fixed. Also...they agreed to the EULA so...what's the point really?

 

To be fair, the EULA isn't worth as much as the paper it isn't printed on in European courts.

[Misanthrope]

There are thousands of computers that have been rendered useless after being upgraded to Windows 10

 

Let me stop you right there, and leave: This is just retarded no machine is rendered useless because of a failed OS install, just format back to Windows 7 or 8 you dipshits.

[FmPhenom]

I'm currently working with a new business venture out of NZ into the states and we have been told by our lawyers "Prepare to be sued." We've actually already had a cease and desist notice issued to us within two weeks because, and I quote, our "service is similar". 

 

I won't disclose what we do, but it's the equivalent of one cleaner sending a cease and desist to another cleaner because that cleaner also happens to clean floors. 

I guess no one ever sues in NZ. Give us a break ffs :rolleyes:

[No Nrg]

bad performance they say? .... i say its because they probably have nvidia hardware ... and we know that nvidia and win10 + DX 12 dont like each other that much  

I have Win 10 and a GTX 980, haven't had a single problem since day 1 except a random bug that down-clocks my GPU until I restart after driver updates.

[Suika]

bad performance they say? .... i say its because they probably have nvidia hardware ... and we know that nvidia and win10 + DX 12 dont like each other that much  

That's such a funny statement because my GTX 980 still outbenchmarks all but a couple AMD cards, and I'm on Windows 10.

[Misanthrope]

Sadly not everybody is smart enough to do that themselves or get to that stage without giving someone else money.

Then you'd be entitled to 40 or 50 bucks for the cost of having someone format it for you, not your entire fucking PC which is for all effects and purposes NOT rendered useless.

Besides this are users on technical forums this reeks of intellectual dishonesty on their part of course they know they can just format.

[Trik'Stari]

Oh nothing about the forced upgrades or the spying? Or the pop up ads in windows 8? Keep dreaming. 

Of course not, because they have nothing to hide /s

 

Or they're just too stupid and/or uninformed to do anything about it.

 

 

Let me stop you right there, and leave: This is just retarded no machine is rendered useless because of a failed OS install, just format back to Windows 7 or 8 you dipshits.

That's quite a lot more than the average user could handle.