There has also been some talk that Windows 10 can be installed if you have a Windows 7 or 8.1 product key. This is a little more complex, because Microsoft allowed this as an option in the free ...

Microsoft kept giving away free upgrades to Windows 10 on old hardware for more than eight years. The upgrades officially ended in 2023, but I've seen scattered reports that it still works for ...

If you missed the free Windows 10 upgrade, you can still get it -- even if you don't use assistive technologies. (We won't tell if you don't.) Microsoft.

Back when Windows 10 was first released, Microsoft allowed users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Microsoft officially ended the free upgrade offer in December 2017 ...

Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade offer officially ended yesterday.However, the company has left a loophole. If you need to use assistive technologies, you can still upgrade for free.

Despite the free Windows 10 upgrade offer officially ending on July 29th, nothing much seems to have actually changed. You can still activate Windows 10 for free by using a Windows 7 or 8 product key.

Microsoft ended its free Windows 10 upgrade offer on July 29 last year, or so we thought. According to Techspot , a loophole exists which is still allowing you to upgrade your version of Windows ...

While, technically, the free upgrade offer for the general public has ended, Microsoft has introduced a loophole with this extension that lets anyone get Windows 10 for free. Microsoft isn't ...

Now that Windows 7 no longer gets security updates, I want to install Windows 10 again. An IT guy told me I might still be able to get it for free, even though the free upgrade offer has expired ...

Users can also get Windows 10 for free by enrolling in the Insider program. The drawback here is that the program exists to test new versions of the operating system ahead of their public release ...

In spite of the official end of the free Windows 10 update offer on July 29, it seems any valid Windows 7/8.x retail product key still installs Windows 10 for now. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior ...