In spite of the official end of the free Windows 10 update offer on July 29, it seems any valid Windows 7/8.x retail product key still installs Windows 10 for now.

Anyone with an up-to-date version of Windows 10 can sign up for the ESU program any time between now and when the program ...

If you're not ready to part with your Windows 10 PC, there's a way to get another year of security updates without paying the ...

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Ars that Microsoft Account sign-in will be required to enroll a PC into the ESU program ...

You'll have to use cloud backups linked to your OneDrive account if you want Microsoft to continue to support your PC.

Windows 10 is still free with this loophole! Friday 29th July saw the end of Microsoft's free offer of upgrading to Windows 10 - a year after its initial release in 2015 and its Anniversary Update ...

Officially, Windows 10's free upgrade period ended six months ago. Unofficially, anyone who still wants to upgrade off a valid Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 license is free to do so.

Microsoft kept giving away free upgrades to Windows 10 on old hardware for more than eight years. The upgrades officially ended in 2023, but I've seen scattered reports that it still works for ...

At the time of this writing, there is reportedly still a way to get the free Windows 10 upgrade for customers with a genuine copy of Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 installed.

Back when Windows 10 was first released, Microsoft allowed users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Microsoft officially ended the free upgrade offer in December 2017 ...