Windows 10

And it is free! How to get Windows 10 for free without Windows 7 or Windows 8

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 windows10 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.

Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview

 New Build of Windows 10

A new build of windows 10 , 10125,has found its way to my machine and despite that this build is only three compilations newer than what we send out to our insiders this week, there are quite a few UI changes.

Microsoft has included new icons in this release for folders drivers and other items as well. The icons are a bit matte and flatter than what was being used in windows previously and new look more consistent across the entire OS. In the Taskbar, the File  Explorer icon has been updated as well and when you download an item from the internet, the progress bar fills vertically instead of horizontally.

The start menu has been tweaked too. When you click on the ‘’all apps’’ section, you now presented a grid of letters if you click on anything that is not an app to make it easier to jump to the section with the app that you need. Of course, you can still search in the menu as well, which is the fastest way to open an app.

Windows hello, the new windows authentication mechanism, has finally made an appearance as well but unfortunately, my hardware is not compatible with the feature, so we can’t fully utilize the new cool yet.

Other various changes include a bit more polish to jump lists and the Date and time widget, in tablet mode the hamburger button will show when you have a new app and you can pin settings to the start menu too.

One item to note is that our build did fail to install the first time around last night, this was attempt number two. I shall keep digging around in this build and if I find anything else, I’ll be sure to let you know.

Source: NeoWin

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