This method allows you to still upgrade your PC from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to Windows 10

As time goes. On July 29, 2015, Windows 10 was released. More than 3 years have passed and we are already on Windows 10 October 2018 Update. We are facing a mature and established operating system that is present in more and more computers. However, there are users who, like Asterix and Obelix in Gaul, are reluctant to install it on their computers.

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 still present on a small number of computers and this despite the fact that they do not count or will stop doing so shortly, as is the case of Windows 7, with security updates.At the time, you could make the leap to Windows 10 for free, a possibility that is now history... or at least that's what we thought.

And it is that have discovered a way to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 without having to go through the checkout and pay the price of having an original Windows 10 Home license or, where appropriate, the Pro version. We can save up to almost 260 euros.

Softpedia has found a method by which it is possible to upgrade to Windows 10 with a Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 key. A system for which we can opt for two alternatives.

Simple method

To do this, you have to install Windows 10 taking advantage of the trial mode that allows you to use it for up to 30 days without having to checkout. If in the process it asks to enter the key, we can use the general one for each of the versions:

• Key for Windows 10 Home // YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7
• Key for Windows 10 Pro // VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

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Once these steps have been completed we will have to go to the menu Settings using the toothed wheel located in the lower left area. Look for the section Update and security and within it the subsection Activation "

In the option with the title “Change the product key” we type the Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 activation key. In the event that this is valid, the system will register Windows 10 with said key.

With command prompt

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The other way to achieve this is using the Command Prompt logging in with administrator privileges.In the window that opens we must type the command slmgr.vbs -ipk (without the quotes) and after it the key of our Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 license. It would look like this:"

• slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

Microsoft error? For now the method works, just like it used to happen with this other way of updating that we already tested. If you have Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on your computer you can try this system if you are interested in making the leap to Windows 10.

Source | Softpedia