How did you get your current Windows license?

[ODuffer]

eBay £6.99, back in 2020, when I changed my motherboard.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

My Windows 7 key was given to me by a bloke on another forums who had 100s of them at his firm.
I was quite late upgrading to Windows 10, at least 3 years after I could have done.

 

[Dalandius]

Windows 7 retail copy when Microsoft sold it.

 

[Kesomir]

Bought a couple of retail retail keys for Windows 7 or 8 I think then upgraded through OS until 11 now.

 

[Haze]

Steam key website = win

 

[bledd]

This is exactly why MS should release Windows 10 / 11 OEM for around £30.

 

[something daft already!!]

So far as I know, 8 was never offered as a free upgrade..?

You have a point. I can't remember how I got the key now, I just assumed it was something offered everyone but maybe I was "selected" for a free update. Further research is suggesting it was a free "update" to anyone running Windows 7 Home, Pro or Ultimate. Mine was Ultimate. Worst OS since Vista, a huge leap backwards.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Currently Windows 11 Education, got from when at Uni about 7-8 years ago.... so was likely 7 or 8 initially.

Always activates just fine on new systems

 

[james.miller]

it was £24.99 to upgrade from 7 pro to 8 pro when it was released. 8.0 > 8.1 > 10 upgrades were all free.

 

[Aegis]

You have a point. I can't remember how I got the key now, I just assumed it was something offered everyone but maybe I was "selected" for a free update. Further research is suggesting it was a free "update" to anyone running Windows 7 Home, Pro or Ultimate. Mine was Ultimate. Worst OS since Vista, a huge leap backwards.

I actually disagree with that quite strongly - sure, the Start screen was a disaster for them (I liked it but then I'm not emotionally invested in Windows) and the removing the Start button/putting it back was a weird ****-you to the users, but the underlying tech of Windows 8/8.1 was a big improvement over 7. Windows 10 (at launch) really *was* Windows 8.1 with a new shell (in fact, for a while it was rumored that same interface would be rolled into a Windows 8.x release. Most people I know that hated Windows 8.x barely used it, and if they did their complaint was predominantly with the Start screen which was easily replaced with Start8 or similar.

 

[Fluffybob]

Windows 7 Pro key from 2009 still going strong thanks to free upgrades

 

[koolpc]

Daughters pc kaput. And i now cant download or burn a win 10 64bit dvd! Got no access to a pc to download or burn a disc!

I dont want to buy Win 10 as i have a legit code to use with the OS.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Microsoft were offering it for £25 ish. Cant remember if it was Win 7 or 8 but each subsequent version was a free upgrade from the previous version.

 

[Glanza]

Win 7 Pro key I got free via our action pack subscription that has since gone through Win 10 and now 11.

 

[teenwolf]

Daughters pc kaput. And i now cant download or burn a win 10 64bit dvd! Got no access to a pc to download or burn a disc!

I dont want to buy Win 10 as i have a legit code to use with the OS.

can buy a usb stick with windows 10 on it off ebay for less than £15.

then once installed you can download win 10 from microsoft and install on the usb if your a bit para about it.

 

[koolpc]

can buy a usb stick with windows 10 on it off ebay for less than £15.

then once installed you can download win 10 from microsoft and install on the usb if your a bit para about it.

Dodgy way of getting Win 10?

 

[teenwolf]

how is it dodgy you own the license, install then format the stick and download win 10 from the official site.

geez calm down winston.

 

[koolpc]

how is it dodgy you own the license, install then format the stick and download win 10 from the official site.

geez calm down winston.

Ebay. Scam central

 

[arknor]

Ebay. Scam central

scammers are people charging silly money for an OS where you're the product