Free Windows 10 Upgrade still available

IT Troll · 2 Aug 2016 at 11:12

If you are a user of assistive technology. No checks are made so it is down to your own conscience. I've inadvertently launched Sticky Keys on a couple of occasions...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

RaV · 3 Aug 2016 at 14:30

Thanks!

Tomsk · 4 Aug 2016 at 16:46

Prescription glasses are an assistive technology, right? :cool:

IT Troll · 4 Aug 2016 at 17:36

Well if you use the magnifier or screen zoom instead you're covered.

asim18 · 4 Aug 2016 at 18:30

Haha what a charade lmao. Just proves this hoo-ha about windows 10 not being free after some fake date was just a charade to scare people into infecting themselves.

You'd have to be mad to want to pay for spy ware and it's a good thing Microsoft seems to realise this.

We are not restricting the free upgrade offer to specific assistive technologies.

So in other words July 29th does not exist.

neojapsz · 4 Aug 2016 at 22:06

with this link i presume you already need Win 7 installed and then it does the upgrade. I could do it this way, but i was just wondering if you could do a clean install of Win 10 as ive got a new PC build, and just use the Win 7 code which i have

marc2003 · 4 Aug 2016 at 22:10

neojapsz said:
but i was just wondering if you could do a clean install of Win 10 as ive got a new PC build, and just use the Win 7 code which i have

Yes, it seems so...

http://www.neowin.net/news/you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free-by-using-windows-7-and-8-keys

Personally, I'd test on a spare hard drive or have a backup image of your windows 7 install just in case it goes wrong.

neojapsz · 4 Aug 2016 at 22:34

great link, thanks, will have the PC next week so hopefully I can install Win 10 this way

thenewoc · 4 Aug 2016 at 22:57

I take if you need assistive technologies and are still on xp you can still jog on?

ED209 · 5 Aug 2016 at 09:13

thenewoc said:
I take if you need assistive technologies and are still on xp you can still jog on?

The free Windows 10 upgrade was only ever for people using windows 7 or windows 8.1 it never covered XP or Vista

demonix · 5 Aug 2016 at 14:46

Unfortunately, microsoft is going to be closing this loophole soon so don't expect it to work for long.

malachi · 5 Aug 2016 at 15:25

demonix said:
Unfortunately, microsoft is going to be closing this loophole soon so don't expect it to work for long.

I doubt they will anytime soon as they still haven't hit their target for Windows 10 upgrades. But they keep this all hush-hush until they actually do. Then it will randomly stop.

lauy · 5 Aug 2016 at 16:27

neojapsz said:
with this link i presume you already need Win 7 installed and then it does the upgrade. I could do it this way, but i was just wondering if you could do a clean install of Win 10 as ive got a new PC build, and just use the Win 7 code which i have

Not sure if it'll work now, but I can't imagine why not? Worth a try as someone else said.

AtreuS · 6 Aug 2016 at 13:01

I can confirm that installing from the latest win 10 ISO using a windows 7 key worked and activated itself. Did this last night for someone.

IT Troll · 28 Aug 2016 at 16:18

It would seem that although Microsoft have said the free upgrade offer is over they haven't actually closed it down.

As others have reported you can still install and activate the latest build with a Windows 7 or 8 key without needing to visit the assistive technology page.

I suspect an upgrade to Windows 10 will remain free as long as it suits Microsoft's agenda.

stoofa · 28 Aug 2016 at 17:19

IT Troll said:
It would seem that although Microsoft have said the free upgrade offer is over they haven't actually closed it down.

As others have reported you can still install and activate the latest build with a Windows 7 or 8 key without needing to visit the assistive technology page.

I suspect an upgrade to Windows 10 will remain free as long as it suits Microsoft's agenda.

Agenda - ROFL
Keep that foil on ya head!

Deleted member 77746 · 28 Aug 2016 at 17:24

When does the free upgrade offer extension end?

We have not announced an end date of the free upgrade offer for customers using assistive technology. We will make a public announcement prior to ending the offer.

IT Troll · 28 Aug 2016 at 23:11

stoofa said:
Agenda - ROFL
Keep that foil on ya head!

My mistake, they are just awfully nice chaps and giving it away purely for the betterment of the World. :rolleyes:

MissChief · 28 Aug 2016 at 23:39

Hmm, I have another SSD coming. If I do the Windows 10 thing, can I get a key, get a downloaded USB installer on a memory stick and install it and then dual boot? Will that work using Windows 10 from the same Windows 7 key?

I'd rather do a clean install as the last time I tried an 'in windows' upgrade it didn't work and I had to format my current SSD to put 7 back on.

IT Troll · 29 Aug 2016 at 14:16

Well you can certainly clean install Windows 10 using your Windows 7 key. You can even setup a dual boot and it will work, but I don't think you are licensed to run in this configuration for the long term. After the rollback period your Windows 7 licence is "consumed" by the upgrade. In reality I don't think anyone has had their installation deactivated yet, but MS could start doing something like this.