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Is it still possible to upgrade to windows 10 for free?
I got a windows 8 laptop recently and was wondering
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What Bill said, i did them on sevaral pc's and it works almost always. even on Windows 7 pro.
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Marcos did you use the first link or the 2nd link ?
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Slingshot - can you follow up? It is getting repetitive. You need to be disabled in some way as noted several times
As Alohadin wrote:
I don't know why, but it still works.We did it just a few weeks ago. Still works without ifs and buts and without using tricks.
Are you using Volume Licensing? That may work. I do not see many reports of consumer machines continuing to upgrade at this point.
No, it works with normal OEM or retail licenses, volume licenses where never entitled for the free upgrade.
Exactly, it still works with the original (valid) OEM key.
I guess not a lot of them tried. But it still works.
I guess not a lot of them tried. But it still works.
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Guys I tried the media upgrade tool on this laptop but it is stuck on the getting ready part
It not reaching the download windows 10 part
It not reaching the download windows 10 part
For the most part, the free upgrade does not apply
If you have done this with the Microsoft Media Creation tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
and it stalls getting ready, it is trying to update drivers. It may take an hour on this part.
Then it is also possible that the machine is not Windows 10 compliant. I have successfully upgraded all Windows 8 machines (all Lenoovo), but some machines are one operating system wonders.
If you have done this with the Microsoft Media Creation tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
and it stalls getting ready, it is trying to update drivers. It may take an hour on this part.
Then it is also possible that the machine is not Windows 10 compliant. I have successfully upgraded all Windows 8 machines (all Lenoovo), but some machines are one operating system wonders.
Another thought (this being Patch Tuesday and updating both machine ground my network to a serious slowdown). Maybe wait until the end of the week and try again.
Getting ready phase can be shortened if you deselect to search for updates.
I use this Powershell script for the OEM activation.
Works every time. (if OEM key is legit)
It just reads the OEM key, installs it and attempts to activate Windows with that Product Key.
Works every time. (if OEM key is legit)
It just reads the OEM key, installs it and attempts to activate Windows with that Product Key.
$ProductKey = (Get-WmiObject -Query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey
$service = Get-WmiObject -Query "select * from SoftwareLicensingService" -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME
$service.InstallProductKey($ProductKey)
Start-Sleep 2
$service.RefreshLicenseStatus()
no ... too late
max