Free Windows 10 upgrade
August 5th, 2016
Same here, i’m curious to understand how this gift will work on pirated copies XD
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-7-and-8-users-are-now-able-to-reserve-their-free-copy-of-windows-10
I too am wondering what wll happen if I try to update my Non-Genuine 8.1 to windows 10??
it wont, if you’d use the search you’d know. YES you can upgrade for free (even pirated versions), but NO it will NOT change the license status. Invalid aka pirated license will REMAIN an invalid license even after the free upgrade. It will NOT magically turn into a real licensed w10 version
Same here..
When you activate Windows 7 with Windows Loader, it does become a genuine OEM version of Windows.
( It injects the same SLIC 2.1 table from Bios that an OEM machine would have and therefore gets activated with an OEM license
pertaining to the brand used in the SLIC table).
If you go to..
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/
(Use Internet EXplorer)
It will tell you that Windows is genuine..
But if that applies to an update to Win 10…Dunno.
If you want to get rid of that Windows 10 notification
uninstall KB3035583..
And then if it comes back,hide it.. till you want it!
Yeah, lots of stuff if you Google “free upgrade to windows 10”
As i said, that kb3035583 does more than just install a notification, i posted about that on the loader topic. It actually checks the license status. My w7 is activated using loader, that update got installed, reboot > “This windows is unlicensed” in the bottom right. As i said, you can upgrade but it will NOT change the license status to genuine, even if it was activated with daz loader.
i dont know how people get the idea of “even pirated versions will be able to upgrade original win 10” , in truth only owners of original win 7 and 8 will have a chance for free win 10 upgrade for the 1 year after initial release of win 10. ofc there may be a third party tool in future such as loader for win 10 , thats another case.
i also installed KB 3035583 , it creates GWX folder under system32 , my windows is original and i didnt get any notification yet. maybe it is related to update center option i unchecked for new microsoft services or other 2 updates related to win 10 KB 2952664 , KB 2990214 which i have not installed.
I’m using 8.1 activated permanently via Phone and I cant get that damn thing to work, the update is clearly installed but even going to System32\GWX\GWX.exe doesnt seem to want to work, no idea why.
Lol another os from MS and guess what? Still over priced and will never be as good as Linux.
for more info , you can refer to this article.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2485143,00.asp