
Is it still possible to upgrade a PC to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1?įor the first year after the release of Windows 10, Microsoft offered free upgrades using the Get Windows 10 app, which appeared in the taskbar as a notification icon and in Windows Update. This article, updated to reflect Windows 10 version 2004 (aka May 2020 Update), covers the most common scenarios you're likely to encounter when installing, reinstalling, and activating Windows 10.
Windows 11: Everything you need to know (ZDNet YouTube). The ultimate Windows 10 information hub: Everything you need in one place. Seven Windows 10 annoyances (and how to fix them). Windows 10 privacy guide: How to take control. Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade. Windows 11: Microsoft deletes these Windows 10 features and apps. What Windows 11 means: We'll be stuck with millions of Windows 10 zombies. On Windows 7 installs, Microsoft gave you two weeks to register the OS there's no similar message coming up. I did phone Microsoft to ask them and got through to an Indian gentleman he inferred that Microsoft will get round to checking activations, but I'm not convinced that they won't shut this version down. Both systems now work correctly, BUT I now get a message 'Activate Windows' in the right hand corner of the screen.ĭoes this mean that my original automatic upgrades to Windows 10 were never registered at Microsoft or could it mean that the use of the 'N' version (which only means that version excludes Microsoft's media player) is 'seen' as a something different to the 'free' edition? I then cleaned off the 'C:' drives & re-installed Windows 10 Pro on both PCs. Given that I obviously want to have Windows 10 working correctly, I downloaded the ISO for 64-bit Windows 10 Pro N version (Northern Europe) believing this should match the 64-bit Pro version that I had previously got via the upgrade route. Apart from that, the PC appeared to work OK in the new Windows 10 format. In addition, if I clicked on a URL link in an email message, edge came up and said that I needed to purchase a module from the Microsoft store (or something) before I could use it. However, both PCs had the same error the left mouse button wouldn't bring up the list of programs and tiles panel. I'm not an insider will this process work for me? Having followed the Microsoft instructions to allow automatic upgrade from 64-bit Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10, I ended up with 64-bit Windows 10 Pro on two PCs.