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Re:'Windows 10 destroyed our data' Microsoft taken to US court by TAForObvReasons on Friday March 24, 2017 @06:11PM (#13952646)
> According to the complaint, Windows 10 installed itself onto plaintiff Stephanie Watson's computer without her consent

If the claim is true, then the previous version's terms would govern the situation. I haven't looked, but it's possible that auto-OS upgrades are somehow covered in the windows version she was using before windows 10

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Re:'Windows 10 destroyed our data' Microsoft taken to US court by Piskvorrr on Friday March 24, 2017 @06:37PM (#13952778)
Nope, no such thing in Win7 (perhaps this is the reason why there will only be WinX from now on: everything is just an update). There's WU, but nothing about "oh, and we'll force-feed you a completely different OS whenever we feel like it". Plus, the GWX program played fast and loose with user consent; quite a number of people claim that WinX installed without any user action. In other words, that would mean "we take inaction for consent"; way scary.
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Re:'Windows 10 destroyed our data' Microsoft taken to US court by yuhong on Friday March 24, 2017 @06:36PM (#13952773)
Not in Windows 7's EULA I think.
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