Windows 10 Assistive Technology upgrade ends tomorrow 31st December!

ron3003 · 30 Dec 2017 at 11:55

If you have a 7 or 8 system you intended to upgrade for free to 10 then be warned Dec 31st is the last day to use this workaround

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-quietly-announces-end-of-last-free-windows-10-upgrades/

PiKe · 30 Dec 2017 at 12:09

You will still be able to install Windows 7 and upgrade it using the media creation tool or simply enter the Windows 7 key into the Windows 10 activation screen.

Been doing this since forever and I doubt it will stop working.

nightmare99 · 30 Dec 2017 at 13:08

MS aren't going to be sad about people installing Win using older keys.

something daft already!! · 30 Dec 2017 at 13:26

This is a shame as it can be a useful way of fixing issues with customer's win 7 or 8 issues.

hondo · 30 Dec 2017 at 13:43

nightmare99 said:
MS aren't going to be sad about people installing Win using older keys.

I agree 100%
I downloaded Windows 10 during the free period onto a Gigabyte Mobo GA-Z68AP TBH I didn't like it all that much & went back to 7. Since then I've changed the Mobo to Gigabyte Z370 I've upgraded the CPU & memory too, after which I fully expected Win10 not to load but it did, & activated too.
BTH this was without the serial # from Win 7

Edit due to typo

malachi · 30 Dec 2017 at 14:28

Doubt they will close this loophole. If people were going to upgrade with an older key then they would have done it already.

lurkio · 30 Dec 2017 at 14:45

tried it out used old win 7 pro key i had

had to copy a file over from c:\windows\system32 to the win 10 upgrade folder to get it working
but it upgraded fine
Still using windows 7 , but got a dual boot were I can boot to 10 if I want to

hondo · 30 Dec 2017 at 15:06

There's got to be something to it, free for all for 12 months & followed up by a virtual free for all for another 12 months. I wonder what's coming next?

nightmare99 · 30 Dec 2017 at 16:18

Most people buy a new licence when they buy a new pc, upgrades was such a small portion of revenue.

asim18 · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:43

hondo said:
There's got to be something to it, free for all for 12 months & followed up by a virtual free for all for another 12 months. I wonder what's coming next?

"free for all" is an understatement. Win 10 was literally rammed down everybody's throats at first. Anybody remember the GWX virus. Most amazing virus in the history of computing if you ask me.

something daft already!! · 1 Jan 2018 at 10:28

It is still there.

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

Rroff · 1 Jan 2018 at 10:36

asim18 said:
"free for all" is an understatement. Win 10 was literally rammed down everybody's throats at first. Anybody remember the GWX virus. Most amazing virus in the history of computing if you ask me.

I dunno - the fact that a few months back Defender/MSE/MMPE in 10 could actually activate malware when scanning instead of quarantining them gives it a good run - surprisingly mostly swept under the carpet - I'm pretty sure its at least partially responsible for a few recent headline outbreaks but for some reason all the security researchers will look at anything but that.

I mean potentially you could email a specially crafted file to someone in Outlook and it would execute despite no one actually clicking on the email.

Ree · 8 Jan 2018 at 01:01

its still available i just did it tonight, it really didn't take long at all either.

Fishbait · 8 Jan 2018 at 01:53

They extended the date by another ten days from what I read somewhere.
Guess they just forgot to change date on site.