Microsoft pays out $10,000 for automatic Windows 10 installation

Company withdraws appeal leaving it liable for $10,000 compensation judgment after botched automatic upgrade of travel agent's computer

A Californian woman has won $10,000 in compensation from Microsoft after Windows 10 automatically tried and failed to install on her Windows 7 computer.

The automatic install of Windows 10 failed, leaving her with a unstable and often unresponsive computer used to run her travel agency from an office in Sausalito, California.