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 ...

Microsoft may have ended the free Windows 10 promotion, but there are still some tricks you can use.

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.

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.

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.

Can I? Gary Lovell, Toledo, Ohio A: Yes, you can still get the free upgrade to Windows 10, even though the Microsoft offer expired in 2017.

Although Microsoft's July 29 deadline has expired, there's an easy way to get Windows 10 gratis -- provided you don't mind a little white internet lie.

However if you don't, and if your conscience allows, you can still get a free upgrade to Windows 10 even though you technically shouldn't.

There are still a few ways that users can grab Windows 10 for free, despite Microsoft's claims to the contrary.