After almost five years

This year I had the occasion/need to upgrade a Windows-based computer. Make the leap from Windows 7 to a more current version and in this case it was clear that the one chosen would be Windows 10 in the latest update available at that time that was not other than Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

Now, almost half a year later, it's still possible to make the leap from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on your latest version if our team, of course, allows it. Something meritorious if we take into account that Windows 10 debuted on the market back in July 2015, already on the way to five years.

Windows 10 is still possible for free

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When Windows 10 became a reality, jumping to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 was a free option for all those who have a legal license on their computers>"

After a little more than a year, the established time, that option had to disappear. After that date, activating the latest version of Windows on a computer with a genuine Windows 7 or 8.1 license would have a price That was at least the theory, since in practice, it was not like that.

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And it is that on Reddit, a user who claims to be a Microsoft engineer, assures that this free period>was nothing more than a marketing strategy that had the purpose of accelerating the process of adopting the new version of Windows."

At this point and almost five years later, we can still get Windows 10 legally and without going through the checkout Just download and use the Media Creation Too tool or the Windows Update Assistant in any of the versions of Windows (7, 8 or 8.1) in order to make the jump to Windows 10. The Windows license that we have will then become a license of Windows 10.

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Yes, in this Reddit thread it leaves a warning and that is that we must carry out a normal update, since if we carry out an installation clean, we will lose the ability to perform a free update."

If we want to make the leap from our old Windows to the most current version, we still have time, since in addition, the license resulting for Windows 10 will be linked for life to our Microsoft account. If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, you can follow the tutorial that we prepared at the time or the other, similar method that they use in Bleeping Computer.

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To summarize, just go to the Windows 10 download page and download the Media Creation Tool>Update this PC now. "

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We follow the steps and the tool will ask if we want to keep everything or start from scratch. Select Keep all apps and files and continue. Press the Install button, Windows 10 will begin to be installed in a process that will take longer depending on our equipment and in which it will restart several times."

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Once Windows 10 has finished installing, we must go to the Internet and open Settings > Windows Update > Activation and the PC will It will activate with a digital license or if we prefer we can add our Windows 7 or Windows 8.x product key and activate Windows 10 if the device is not yet activated."

Via | Bleeping Computer Font | Reddit