In other words, starting with mid-2016, the free upgrades were supposed to end, so whoever wanted to upgrade to Windows 10 just had to pay the full price of the license.Īnd yet, upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 at no extra cost not only was possible even after the one-year promo came to an end, but it also works today, as discovered recently. The only condition was for these Windows 7 devices to be using a genuine product key, with Microsoft explaining that it wanted everyone to benefit from the improvements that were bundled in Windows 10 without paying. You just need to fresh install Windows 8 on your your PC, be sure to be connected to internet, and after you have installed there will be a offer to upgrade to Windows 10, guess what, Windows Update will download it and upgrade it to Windows 10 right on the spot, no waiting required.Back in 2015 when it officially launched Windows 10, Microsoft also released a campaign, inviting Windows 7 and 8.1 users to upgrade to the new OS version at absolutely no cost.
Microsoft will inform you on email and the app will start downloading when it is ready for download, you can wait from some days to some weeks until they will deliver it. Enter your email if you want confirmation of this reservation. Once in the Get Windows 10 app, click “Reserve your free upgrade” in the app window.ĥ. Now you got the icon see the image, click it.Ĥ. Run it, at the end it will ask for a reboot (restart if you are allergic to linux terms xD )ģ. You need to to download the following Windows Update Standalone Installer from this instructable or from the original site from following link:Ģ.
Ok, this is a very simple fix, without registry manipulation and running some bogus vbs, cmd or bat, just plain old update pack from updates mirror for windows.ġ.
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