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Microsoft has ended free Windows 10 upgrades through Assistive Technologies
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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#5512186 Posted on: 01/19/2018 05:28 AM
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.
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 05:41 AM
Good, now make Win11 that doesn't smell like bloatware and designed for desktop PCs.
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 09:35 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 '
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 11:46 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
"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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