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How To Upgrade To Windows 10 For Free From Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1

GearNuke: "Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Windows 10 release date has been confirmed to be on July 29th and since it is pretty close, Microsoft has started the free upgrade program for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users."

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Speed-Racer3250d ago

Not a very helpful guide. I have a legit copy of Win7 and don't see the icon yet.

DarkLordMalik3250d ago

The update is out for Windows 8/8.1 and might be released for Windows 7 at a later date.

MetalNCarnet3250d ago

Its also out for 7. My PCs at work run windows 7 and have the icon. Of course my pc at home doesn't have it yet. All well, it'll be there eventually. Not like 10 is out yet anyway. LOL

Stringerbell3249d ago

Yeah I can confirm it appeared late last night on my PC (Windows 7).

proudly_X3250d ago

So you refused to upgrade to Win 8.1 :P

See you in 10 anyways..

Speed-Racer3250d ago

Yea as soon as 10 comes out, I'm getting it.

NecotheSergal3250d ago

I have Windows 7 64bit Professional and I've seen the icon for the past 2 days now.

Can't wait to get Windows 10 Professional for free :D

barb_wire3249d ago

I'm on Win 7, got that notification 2 days ago.. already reserved my copy of Win 10.

thorstein3249d ago

Mine is in the "notifications area icons" next to my volume bar. (I didn't read the article) I don't know if you looked there yet.

Speed-Racer3249d ago

I only realized how terribly out of date my system was and ran about 2 hours worth of updates to get my pop up to show. LOL

Dasteru3249d ago

If running windows 7, make sure you have the following updates:

(KB3035583)
(KB2952664)

For windows 8 or 8.1:

(KB3035583)
(KB2976978)

Once you confirm that you have those.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5...

Download the file then right click on it and run as admin.

If that doesn't fix it, go into Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Task Scheduler / Task Scheduler Library / Microsoft / Windows / Setup / GWXTriggers and run RefreshGWXConfig-B.

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Speed-Racer3250d ago

As a follow up to this article, for folks like me with Windows 7, you should have a Windows Update module called KB303583 installed. It also requires that SP1 be installed as a pre-req. https://support.microsoft.c...

Also, if you can't find it in your update schedule, you can reset the list and have Windows Update re-detect the required plugins http://www.sevenforums.com/...

Works for me now.

thorstein3249d ago

Do you know anything about the mobile? Do we have to "reserve" the update for mobile or does it just update.

Speed-Racer3249d ago

Seems to be just the PCs seeing this so far, but I figure you'd be able to get it anyway once it's out in July. I doubt this reservation process is going to give any major priority anyway.

Agent_hitman3249d ago

Well, just a question. Do we have to back up all the files of our HDDs before proceeding into Win10 update?

Speed-Racer3249d ago

It's always recommended when doing an upgrade but you shouldn't lose anything because the transition is not as drastic as say coming from XP to Windows 7.

UltraNova3249d ago

@ SPEED

Following agent's question, I have to ask, if some programs and files are not transferred after windows 10 gets installed what makes you believe a backup will restore said files after W10 installation? Could the case be that those files are not supported by the new OS?

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Windows 10 upgrade notifications will stop trying to trick you

MWEB GameZone writes: "Microsoft has taken customer feedback into account and is changing the Windows 10 upgrade experience."

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HanCilliers2857d ago

People should upgrade to W10, don't get why they wouldn't want it.

KingPin2857d ago

some professional software isnt compatible with windows 10 yet throwing unknown errors and constant issues.

and then theres the spying software that some people are not to keen about. forced updates for home users (WGA anyone?)
some devices dont work with 10. printers and peripherals.

on a personal note: i've upgraded to 10.....but linux mint is my default OS.

annoyedgamer2856d ago

Or maybe Microshaft should stop using malware to push their spyware service? Win 10 is horrendous ( I have used it). It has few benefits over Windows 8 and even less over 7.

Grap2856d ago

"Win 10 is horrendous"
by that statement i know you haven't fully used it.
I get people who don't use it for spyware service reasons and i sympathies with them, but in no way of shape or form W10 is less than W8 or even 7, MS really outdo them selves with W10 and if it weren't of their spyware service i would say it's even better than XP.

TXIDarkAvenger2856d ago (Edited 2839d ago )

I would have agreed before but because they force updates it breaks some of my programs and there is nothing I can really do about it.

xXx19902856d ago

lol this is great.. You guys act like Microsoft just started spying on people.. This has been going on for years

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The three big reasons Windows 10 tablets don't cut it

Microsoft needs to fix battery life, screen and app issues if Windows 10 tablets are to compete with Android or the iPad

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Ask Jack: 10 quick questions about installing Windows 10 – and how to block it

The majority of the questions sent to Ask Jack are about Windows 10. Here are 10 recent ones, plus a bonus: how to stop or block the upgrade

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