Microsoft draws flak for pushing Windows 10 on PC users

A few days after Microsoft released Windows 10 to the public last year, Teri Goldstein's computer started trying to download and install the new operating system.The update, which she says she didn't authorize, failed. Instead, the computer she uses to run her Sausalito, Calif., travel-agency business slowed to a crawl. It would crash, she says, and be unusable for days at a time."I had never heard of Windows 10," Goldstein said. "Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to update."When outreach to Microsoft's customer support didnit fix the issue, Goldstein took the software giant to court, seeking compensation for lost wages and the cost of a new computer.She won. Last month, Microsoft dropped an appeal and Goldstein collected a $10,000 judgment from the company.We accept so much crap from software makers, so it feels good if someone manages to get back at them for the terrible quality of software in general.