Microsoft has finalized windows 10 and users of Windows 7,
Windows 8 and RT Windows 8.1 will get it as a free upgrade. But with a little
trick you can get your and activated copy of windows 10 even without that upgrade,
although Microsoft said differently.
Microsoft’s free upgrade confusion
Microsoft previously had created some confusion about a
supposed giveaway for testers of the windows 10 insider preview. In June rumors
appeared that Microsoft was considering giving Windows 10away for pirated
copies after the blog post from Terry Myerson.
“While our free offer to
upgrade to Windows 10 will not apply to Non-Genuine Windows devices, and as we’ve
always done, we will continue to offer Windows 10 to customers running devices
in a Non-Genuine state.”
I’m confused now – So how do I get
Windows 10 now for free?
With the release of windows 10
RTM as the latest windows 10 insider Preview version Microsoft has factually
decided to upgrade everybody on the insider program to final and full version
of windows 10.
When you apply the automatic
upgrade from windows 10 Insider Preview Build to Windows 10 RTM Build 10240 and
check with the winver-command, you can see the changes.
The watermark on the desktop will
also be removed and you now will be happy user of a valid and free copy of the
final version of windows 10.
Is this a licensed copy of Windows 10? What about activation and the
product key?
You can check you current
license status of windows 10 by running the command slmgr.vbs /dlv
Then you will see something similar
to this window.
What this meant is that by
upgrading from windows 10 insider preview to windows RTM build 10240 via
automatic updates you get dedicated a retail license.
And your copy of windows 10 is
also activated. You can check this by typing see if windows is activated in the search field.
This will open the windows 10 activation menu in update and
security of you windows
10 settings. if nothing has changed since the writing of this article
you will see that you actually got a fully activated version of windows 10.
How do I get my free copy of windows 10 without having
installed the Windows 10 Insider Preview?
That’s quite easy. Just install
the windows 10 Insider preview using One of the many leaked ISO Builds.
Just take care to use the one of the later builds as earlier ones might not
work with the automatic upgrade.
Is my copy of Windows 10 RTM legal?
Let’s say this is a bit
unclear. As Microsoft is giving you the final version of Windows 10 as an
automatic upgrade, you should not worry until further notice. Is seems that
although Microsoft does not want to admit publically, they actually decided to
give the final version of Windows 10 as a gift to their beta-testers.
We don’t expect them to
deactivate the windows 10 RTM version in the future. But if this happens, you
will still have enough time to save your stuff and switch to another purchased
version.
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