Microsoft has ended free Windows 10 upgrades through Assistive Technologies

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/18/2018 06:06 PM | source: | 52 comment(s)

It had a good, nice and long run. But the options to freely upgrade towards Windows 10 through the Assistive Technologies option, has been removed from the website, the upgrade feature has been halted.

The corresponding webpage now reports that the upgrade options have ended last December 2017 (MS expanded that towards January 16th). Interestingly enough, if you are fast, the upgrade link is still online, so you could still use the workaround, we're just not sure for how long this will work though.

One Bypass Left

However, this bypass (I think) still works: users who used the Media Creation Tool to upgrade Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 towards Windows 10: with that license for that specific OS you can still upgrade and activate Windows 10, at no additional cost. So basically you enter your Windows 7 or 8 license, and then Windows 10 gets activated.

Technically, this feature now requires a license for Windows 10, and this method supposedly already expired July 31th, 2016. Here again, Microsoft has made little effort to close that option. So you could (if you desire to) upgrade swiftly and cheap.

Should you opt to purchase Windows 10 at a later stage from the Microsoft Store, a license for the Home edition of Windows 10 costs 140 euros and for Pro customers have to drop 260 euros.

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TheDeeGee
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#5512146 Posted on: 01/19/2018 12:18 AM

*prepares popcorn*

LIGuitar77
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#5512186 Posted on: 01/19/2018 04:28 AM

If sending usage info and bug reports helps improve the os over time im all for sending reports, as for spying....if people dont want to be tracked then they should not be using the internet....period, your Isp knows what you do online.

Why does this shill statement always appear online? Some of us know how to use our machines, you know.

Let me tell you something: What I showed people to remove are logs of every file ever touched by a user. In other words, you open a file or even type, it puts it into those logs being created and MS gets them. If one takes my steps, MS will never.

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#5512188 Posted on: 01/19/2018 04:41 AM

Good, now make Win11 that doesn't smell like bloatware and designed for desktop PCs.

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#5512215 Posted on: 01/19/2018 08:35 AM

2021:

' Microsoft has reached 30.7% market share with the "winter is here" Windows 10 update.

Windows 7 still leads with 42% of the PC market OS '

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#5512239 Posted on: 01/19/2018 10:46 AM

"Within two to three years of Windows 10's release, there will be 1 billion devices running Windows 10," Terry Myerson, Microsoft's vice president of operating systems, said Wednesday during the keynote presentation at the company's annual Build developer conference in San Francisco."

lol. Anyway, I'm sure they hit the upgrade plateau a long time ago and aren't benefiting much by leaving it free. I do expect them to do something when 7 hits EOL in January 2020, let's see. Easiest way to get people to upgrade would've been making something people find desirable.

For the adware stuff, I don't use the store or uwp apps and set the telemetry to security. They don't seem to be using telemetry/feedback to actually improve windows much as it seems like all their development time goes into the UWP side of things, so I don't feel bad at all

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#5512274 Posted on: 01/19/2018 12:47 PM

AFAIK, Win7 beta was the largest and most successful (let's be honest, people LOVED it!) beta in software history. That's the time to gather telemetry if users wish to supply it, full well knowing what they are doing. It was so successful that it is when I started debugging, learning straight from H2SO4 whom I hold in the highest regard. Honest, the guy (or girl, I never asked) is/was a freak.

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=8tphWryQBuaatgXZl5LoBQ&q=H2SO4+debugging&oq=H2SO4+debugging&gs-l=psy-ab.3...1525.4283.0.4391.11.9.0.0.0.0.156.698.1j5.6.0....0...1c.1j2.64.psy-ab..5.4.437...0j0i22i30k1j33i160k1.0.C2QYrqaFRa4

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#5512304 Posted on: 01/19/2018 02:38 PM

I hated Windows 10 when it was released, still don't care for it but it has been keeping me busy at my shop. So keep up the great work Microsoft.

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#5512435 Posted on: 01/19/2018 10:36 PM

AFAIK, Win7 beta was the largest and most successful (let's be honest, people LOVED it!) beta in software history. That's the time to gather telemetry if users wish to supply it, full well knowing what they are doing. It was so successful that it is when I started debugging, learning straight from H2SO4 whom I hold in the highest regard. Honest, the guy (or girl, I never asked) is/was a freak.
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=8tphWryQBuaatgXZl5LoBQ&q=H2SO4+debugging&oq=H2SO4+debugging&gs-l=psy-ab.3...1525.4283.0.4391.11.9.0.0.0.0.156.698.1j5.6.0....0...1c.1j2.64.psy-ab..5.4.437...0j0i22i30k1j33i160k1.0.C2QYrqaFRa4

You know, as hardware and software continually evolves, telemetry provides valuable information. If you use Facebook, I'm going to laugh out loud at you.

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#5512487 Posted on: 01/20/2018 03:04 AM

You? Laugh at me? I use Facebook. My latest aspiration is getting Pantera to reunite so I can honor Dime and metal itself, properly. I have a public presence. You do know that you can put or not put what you like on there, correct? The concept of controlling your own information fails you?

https://www.facebook.com/chris.pierman.5

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2077995562428968&set=a.1375359796025885.1073741828.100006556320459&type=3

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#5512520 Posted on: 01/20/2018 05:34 AM

What windows needs to stop doing is upgrading people without their permission. I'm on 1607 enterprise and I've tried both 1703 and 1709 which had huge stuttering and fps issues with games. I've been holding off until the next big update where Microsoft hopefully fixes it. Just today I noticed a 1709 update being installed without asking me. I quickly cut the internet, forced windows update to stop, cleared out the downloaded files and ran wushowhide to block the update. I'm just glad I noticed before Microsoft stealth installed it.

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#5512526 Posted on: 01/20/2018 06:14 AM

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#5512537 Posted on: 01/20/2018 07:08 AM

I will just get banned if I told you what I want. Why don't you come on my page and introduce yourself so we can have the conversation there? What's your name?

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#5512544 Posted on: 01/20/2018 07:38 AM

I will just get banned if I told you what I want. Why don't you come on my page and introduce yourself so we can have the conversation there? What's your name?

Take your anger management problems elsewhere buddy, this aint the place for it.

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#5512548 Posted on: 01/20/2018 08:22 AM

I am not managing anything at all. Just putting x type of people in their place, where they belong. You and anybody else don't get very far when intentionally trying to disrespect me. Maybe if I repeat it a second time, your eyes will see and then you'll finally get it: User1, what is your name? Why don't you come to my page and say hello and honestly tell what you think?

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#5512570 Posted on: 01/20/2018 10:47 AM

I'm still laughing over your claim that YOU PERSONALLY ALONE are responsible for AMD fixing driver bugs. You a legend in your own mind...and extremely disrespectful of others views. I've never had a Facebook account, I put that in the plus column on my side. You seem a bit 'Dunning-Kruger' to me.

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