Man named Frank Dickman sues Microsoft for $6bn for deliberately upgrading his PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10

[yian88]

I hope he wins and the judge makes M$ pay at least 1$ to annoy Dikman, and to affect M$ reputation, they deserve it.

[mr moose]

1 minute ago, yian88 said:

I hope he wins and the judge makes M$ pay at least 1$ to annoy Dikman, and to affect M$ reputation, they deserve it.

Even if he wins the full amount, the only part that will effect MS will be the financial cost.  Their reputation will not change.

[LordofGangsters]

he deserves every cent

[lewdicrous]

lol what a dick..

[8uhbbhu8]

This is the second time I have used this today... WTF is wrong with people?!!!!!! And if he's as tech literate as the article and op suggests then hasn't he heard of backups?

[paddy-stone]

On 2/16/2018 at 12:11 PM, deXxterlab97 said:

So he lost his backup somehow, he lost his Win 7 recover partition. Next thing is he is gonna lost this lawsuit too, and money

Trouble is there are so many people who STILL don't make backup images or recovery USBs... I feel like shouting "FFS people it's 2018, USBs are cheap, and it takes almost zero effort to make a backup image and store it somewhere!"

Unfortunately you still see this on these forums even, where people haven't got a backup OR a USB, which with windows 10 is idiotic as you can no longer get to the recovery options without either being able to get into windows itself or to use a windows install/recovery USB IIRC. Yes it would take minimal effort to download a windows image onto USB, but it would take even less effort to buy a $5 USB drive and leave it as the win10 installer, OR make a recovery USB. $5 people! to save you possibly lots of hassle in the future, especially if you're not very computer savvy.

[Master Disaster]

47 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Trouble is there are so many people who STILL don't make backup images or recovery USBs... I feel like shouting "FFS people it's 2018, USBs are cheap, and it takes almost zero effort to make a backup image and store it somewhere!"

Unfortunately you still see this on these forums even, where people haven't got a backup OR a USB, which with windows 10 is idiotic as you can no longer get to the recovery options without either being able to get into windows itself or to use a windows install/recovery USB IIRC. Yes it would take minimal effort to download a windows image onto USB, but it would take even less effort to buy a $5 USB drive and leave it as the win10 installer, OR make a recovery USB. $5 people! to save you possibly lots of hassle in the future, especially if you're not very computer savvy.

Since Windows 8 launched Windows has installed it's recovery environment (WinRE) by default and if the system fails to boot on 2 consecutive tries WinRE is launched on the third boot giving the user access to the full suite of recovery tools available.

 

That said WinRE can only do a boot repair, system restore, system reset (on Windows 10 only) or recover from a Windows back up and is not a replacement for the OEM backup that will recover the PC back to factory defaults.

[paddy-stone]

6 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Since Windows 8 launched Windows has installed it's recovery environment (WinRE) by default and if the system fails to boot on 2 consecutive tries WinRE is launched on the third boot giving the user access to the full suite of recovery tools available.

 

That said WinRE can only do a boot repair, system restore, system reset (on Windows 10 only) or recover from a Windows back up and is not a replacement for the OEM backup that will recover the PC back to factory defaults.

Yeah, I'm saying that it's better to be safe than sorry, and $5 for a USB with windows installer on it AND having a backup/image is the minimum I do nowadays just in case.

The recovery partition isn't infallible, and the guy claims that the upgrade wiped the recovery partition anyway.. don't think I believe that, but still would be better to have OPTIONS when it comes to your system.

[edit] BTW thanks for the info.. didn't know about the 2 consecutive tries to boot would trigger the recovery.

[LordofGangsters]

also how old is the op, like 5 years old? im sure they thought his name was the funniest thing ever and they had to put it in the title so they could keep laughing at it. 

[Trik'Stari]

On 2/16/2018 at 6:59 AM, deXxterlab97 said:

Well he is a Dickman after all

I sense a meme being born.

[mr moose]

6 hours ago, Trik'Stari said:

I sense a meme being born.

Dickman sues AMD for allowing coin miners to artificially inflate price of GPU's.  Claims his CS-GO experience has been effected to the value of $6B.

[captain_to_fire]

6 hours ago, mr moose said:

Dickman sues AMD for allowing coin miners to artificially inflate price of GPU's.  Claims his CS-GO experience has been effected to the value of $6B.

Shhh! Don't give them ideas. 

[Egg-Roll]

On 2/16/2018 at 6:52 AM, hey_yo_ said:

Dickman believed Asus to be "untrustworthy"

Why the hell would you buy from a self proclaimed untrustworthy brand then... Like FFS man stop being a dick and buy a computer from a company you trust...

ASUS sucks (imo), but that's why I don't buy their products (excluding used laptops, if they are alive after 2 years they ain't shit).

 

One sense I hope this moron wins, because of MS's BS towards windows 10, including going against user preferences.

On 2/16/2018 at 12:36 PM, hey_yo_ said:

I don’t know. I think most product keys of Windows 7 is single use only and might require activation through phone, I’m not sure but Dickman might be using an OEM installation. maybe @GoodBytes can answer.

Not completely true, I registered a Desktop using a Laptops key  Granted it was a refurbished key...

[mr moose]

2 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

Shhh! Don't give them ideas. 

Dickman wishes to sue LTT user Hey_yo_  for defamation by insinuating that Dickman has no original ideas, which led to him not getting a $6B job as a conceptual scientist. . 

[Yoinkerman]

You guys hurt my brain sometimes.

 

Yes people got forced windows 10 upgrades, even if they clicked cancel. It took a few times, but eventually they were forcibly upgraded without a choice.(this didn't happen to everyone)

 

Yes the upgrade to Windows 10 can eat your recovery partition provided by the oem. (It ate mine on my hp laptop)

 

Microsoft has pulled a lot of anti consumer stuff with Windows 10 regarding updates.  I hope this guy wins.  There's no way he'll get anywhere near what's initially asked for, but small cases provide jurisprudence.

[mr moose]

3 hours ago, Yoinkerman said:

You guys hurt my brain sometimes.

 

Yes people got forced windows 10 upgrades, even if they clicked cancel. It took a few times, but eventually they were forcibly upgraded without a choice.(this didn't happen to everyone)

 

Yes the upgrade to Windows 10 can eat your recovery partition provided by the oem. (It ate mine on my hp laptop)

 

Microsoft has pulled a lot of anti consumer stuff with Windows 10 regarding updates.  I hope this guy wins.  There's no way he'll get anywhere near what's initially asked for, but small cases provide jurisprudence.

I keep hearing people say this, but did it actually happen?

 

 

I know the upgrade path presented by MS was unrelenting and in your face, but I have yet to actually see any evidence that when people clicked no it still installed anyway.

 

Most of the "I didn't want it" claims came from people who gave into the unrelenting nature of the pop ups, not people who woke up to installs after clicking no, I dare say those who woke up to installs did so after closing the pop up window rather than clicking decline". 

 

[Trik'Stari]

On 2/17/2018 at 3:43 PM, mr moose said:

Dickman sues AMD for allowing coin miners to artificially inflate price of GPU's.  Claims his CS-GO experience has been effected to the value of $6B.

Dickman sues PUBG claiming to have PTSD after being totally rekt by an 8 year old in their game.

 

We need a comical picture of this man.

[mr moose]

3 hours ago, Trik'Stari said:

Dickman sues PUBG claiming to have PTSD after being totally rekt by an 8 year old in their game.

 

We need a comical picture of this man.

 

I nominate:

 

Who sued his management for $25M because he can't control his own spending and was going broke.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/01/31/johnny-depp-lawsuit-countersue/97314582/

[Yoinkerman]

7 hours ago, mr moose said:

I keep hearing people say this, but did it actually happen?

 

 

I know the upgrade path presented by MS was unrelenting and in your face, but I have yet to actually see any evidence that when people clicked no it still installed anyway.

 

Most of the "I didn't want it" claims came from people who gave into the unrelenting nature of the pop ups, not people who woke up to installs after clicking no, I dare say those who woke up to installs did so after closing the pop up window rather than clicking decline". 

 

consent is only granted with yes

[mr moose]

1 hour ago, Yoinkerman said:

consent is only granted with yes

So it didn't actually happen then?

 

No one clicked decline and the upgrade went ahead anyway.