This week we've seen Windows 11 leak. And as it seems, a release is imminent. this raises the question what Microsoft will do, will you need a new license, an upgrade license or is the update to Windows 11  free? Well, indocations are strong that the upgrade to Windows 11 will be free even for the older operating systems.

There are strong indications that Microsoft will announce Windows 11 at the end of this month. Product configuration keys for Windows 7 and 8.1 are emerging that indicate that the upgrade to Windows 11 will be free even for the older operating systems , according to XDA Developers. The medium has not yet tested whether the upgrade actually works, as only an unknown version of Windows 11 has appeared online for the time being.

Since the release of Windows 10, users with all recent versions of the operating system can upgrade to the latest version for free through the Media Creation Tool. Microsoft announced in 2015 that users would only be able to install the new version for free for one year. So far, however, the upgrade is still available without a new license via a small detour.

Free upgrades from Windows 7 also work with Windows 11, as word gets around. Users still had old licenses that they tried out in the leaked build and lo and behold: there is a positive message from the activation server with the current build.

Upgrade to Windows 11 quite possibly is free, for Windows 7 and 8.1 users as well