How did you get your current Windows license?
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Man of Honour
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.
I was quite late upgrading to Windows 10, at least 3 years after I could have done.
Soldato
Steam key website = win
Don
This is exactly why MS should release Windows 10 / 11 OEM for around £30.
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.
Soldato
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
Always activates just fine on new systems
Soldato
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.
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.
Soldato
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.
I dont want to buy Win 10 as i have a legit code to use with the OS.
Soldato
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.
Soldato
Win 7 Pro key I got free via our action pack subscription that has since gone through Win 10 and now 11.
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.
Soldato
Dodgy way of getting Win 10?
Soldato
Ebay. Scam central
scammers are people charging silly money for an OS where you're the product