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Ok update. Microsoft has clarified further. And it is like I was saying:

-> If you have Windows 10 Insider Preview, and you did a clean install of it. Your license remain genuine as long as you REMAIN in the beta program. If you leave, you need to buy Windows 10.

-> If you have Windows 10 Insider Preview, and you upgraded Windows 7 or 8 to it, then you can leave any time the Windows insider program, and revert back to the officially released Windows 10 build. Your license remains valid.

-> If you have Windows XP or Vista (or older and somehow try and get Windows 10 for free), or a pirated version of Windows and you want to get legit by not paying. You can't. The best you can do is the first point above, where you can get Windows 10 for free, but you become a beta tester. As a beta test, or Windows Insider, they are increase telemetry data collecting from you, you use an unstable build of Windows, you are the tester of Windows latest Windows updates, including security updates, which may results in data loss, or program compatibility issues, and be forced to upgrade to the latest build as they come, but you are exchanging all that, to have for free Windows 10.

-> Microsoft says, if you want to have Windows 10 for free, and you are currently running Windows 10 Insider Preview, and you want to get out, and remain to the last official release version, and you did a clean install of Windows 10 Preview: You have no choice to format, install back Windows 7 or 8, and upgrade to Windows 10. Do it before the free upgrade offer ends to secure your Windows 10 license.

Source: http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/06/19/upcoming-changes-to-windows-10-insider-preview-builds/

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Got a source for that? Last time I checked it had not been confirmed.

source? every other windows release that had an upgrade option.

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(I just mean people are freaking out like "OMG FREEEE WINDOWSSSS...aren't they going to go bankrupt?"  

and the amount of people that use computers makes the custom building community look insignificant - they will always get their 15 dollars from dell and hp.)

 

Yeah I know i just posted the news.

 

 

 

 

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Also, the custom building community often have the knowledge to get pirated windows copies anyway.

 

 

SHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Cant say that.....

You're right almost the cops called on me once for "possessing the knowledge how to" 

 (never did anything but have the knowledge and fingers to hit keys)

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You're right almost the cops called on me once for "possessing the knowledge how to" 

 (never did anything but have the knowledge and fingers to hit keys)

That's funny. ;)

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source? every other windows release that had an upgrade option.

This upgrade is far different than all the previous upgrades.

 

It's free, but only free during a limited period.

It will only be free if you do an upgrade, not a clean install.

The update is delivered through Windows update and not through an ISO.

 

The entire process is completely different than previous Windows upgrades so I would like a source on me being able to upgrade my Windows 7 key to a Windows 10 key, not just assumptions.

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source? every other windows release that had an upgrade option.

 

 

when you upgrade from windows 7 to windows 8 when it launched for the super cheap price, you can not clean install windows 8 with that key,  so you have to install win 7, do updates,  upgrade to 8, do more updates then upgrade to 8.1,  its a pain in the ass.

 

but from what i can tell with win 10  if your on 7/8/8.1  once you do the "upgrade to 10" it gets you a win 10 key in which you can then use for a clean install.  so in the case of win 10 your going to be able to clean install but previous versions you could not clean install with an upgrade key.

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I just did it, just in case. And if I can do a clean install with the current upgrade path with my desktop, then I just have one more extra license for my linux laptop (kinda wiped my hdd by accident, didnt have copy anymore, so I've been stuck with linux. Though it doesn't matter either way because its only for school work)

 

 

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This upgrade is far different than all the previous upgrades.

 

It's free, but only free during a limited period.

It will only be free if you do an upgrade, not a clean install.

The update is delivered through Windows update and not through an ISO.

 

The entire process is completely different than previous Windows upgrades so I would like a source on me being able to upgrade my Windows 7 key to a Windows 10 key, not just assumptions.

 

 

once you upgrade from 7 to 10  you can then use the key for fresh installs

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9334/microsoft-confirms-you-can-clean-install-windows-10-after-upgrading

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Ok. I don't know what to do here, you guys keep making threads everywhere on this forum.

It is getting annoying.

 

As I said in another thread (which I think this is the or 4th time I am copying and pasting this):

 

Yes, but it must be noted that you are forced to have a joined Microsoft account, forced to the Insider program (meaning be ready to upgrade your Windows every month minimum, so if you have a bandwidth cap or not fast Internet, that could be a problem), and also you'll be an unstable environment (beta OS), which could have critical bug which could results in permanent data loss (and this is not one of those rare thing. It happened on Windows 10 beta, Windows 7 beta, and I THINK Vista beta as well, but don't quote me that.. its been too long), or unexpected system re-install.

So don't jump of joy.

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This upgrade is far different than all the previous upgrades.

 

It's free, but only free during a limited period.

It will only be free if you do an upgrade, not a clean install.

The update is delivered through Windows update and not through an ISO.

 

The entire process is completely different than previous Windows upgrades so I would like a source on me being able to upgrade my Windows 7 key to a Windows 10 key, not just assumptions.

well, we will see once the os is released.

 

To be clear, for previous versions, you still had to do the upgrade before you could do a clean install. But once that was done, the key was at that point registered to the new operating system. I see no reason why they would change that now.  Just my thoughts on the situation.

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well, we will see once the os is released.

 

To be clear, for previous versions, you still had to do the upgrade before you could do a clean install. But once that was done, the key was at that point registered to the new operating system. I see no reason why they would change that now.  Just my thoughts on the situation.

 

 

when i bought windows 8 when it 1st came out it was an upgrade key, therefore if i wanted to do a clean install i had to install win 7 1st, then upgrade to win 8

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This upgrade is far different than all the previous upgrades.

 

It's free, but only free during a limited period.

It will only be free if you do an upgrade, not a clean install.

The update is delivered through Windows update and not through an ISO.

 

The entire process is completely different than previous Windows upgrades so I would like a source on me being able to upgrade my Windows 7 key to a Windows 10 key, not just assumptions.

I remember that they said once that it upgrade key will be valid. I'm just not sure about them saying 'on same device' meaning if you change hardware it may differ =/

More clarification needed. But it would suck if they limit it like that.

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when you upgrade from windows 7 to windows 8 when it launched for the super cheap price, you can not clean install windows 8 with that key,  so you have to install win 7, do updates,  upgrade to 8, do more updates then upgrade to 8.1,  its a pain in the ass.

 

but from what i can tell with win 10  if your on 7/8/8.1  once you do the "upgrade to 10" it gets you a win 10 key in which you can then use for a clean install.  so in the case of win 10 your going to be able to clean install but previous versions you could not clean install with an upgrade key.

You can, i have done it many times with previous operating systems. You do have to do the update so your key can get re-registered, but after that, you are free to do a clean install. I believe windows 10 will be no different.

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I remember that they said once that it upgrade key will be valid. I'm just not sure about them saying 'on same device' meaning if you change hardware it may differ =/

More clarification needed. But it would suck if they limit it like that.

 

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9334/microsoft-confirms-you-can-clean-install-windows-10-after-upgrading

 

 

"Gabe states:

Once you upgrade W10 w/ the free upgrade offer you will able to clean reinstall Windows 10 on same device any time"

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/9334/microsoft-confirms-you-can-clean-install-windows-10-after-upgrading

 

 

"Gabe states:

Once you upgrade W10 w/ the free upgrade offer you will able to clean reinstall Windows 10 on same device any time"

Awesome! No need to speculate anymore :P

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when i bought windows 8 when it 1st came out it was an upgrade key, therefore if i wanted to do a clean install i had to install win 7 1st, then upgrade to win 8

In your case, you can clean install Windows 8 directly.

Since Windows 7, Microsoft implemented a way to do this.

 

When you install Windows 8, install clean as expected, Once done Activation will fail, that is fine.

Open the registry editor (regedit), and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/

Change MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0

Then open the command prompt as true admin, and execute: slmgr /rearm

This step will refresh the Windows activation system to acknowledge the change in the registry, which is a flag that says that a previous version of Windows was detected.

A success dialog box will show, click OK, restart your system, and you can now activate Windows.

 

If you have Media Center add-on pack, be sure to do it AFTER Windows 8 has been activated.

 

We have no information on Windows 10.

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/9334/microsoft-confirms-you-can-clean-install-windows-10-after-upgrading

 

 

"Gabe states:

Once you upgrade W10 w/ the free upgrade offer you will able to clean reinstall Windows 10 on same device any time"

 

That is for OEM systems (Dell, HP, Acer, etc). We have no information for System Builder (what WE call incorrectly OEM license)

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Ok. I don't know what to do here, you guys keep making threads everywhere on this forum.

It is getting annoying.

 

As I said in another thread (which I think this is the or 4th time I am copying and pasting this):

 

Yes, but it must be noted that you are forced to have a joined Microsoft account, forced to the Insider program (meaning be ready to upgrade your Windows every month minimum, so if you have a bandwidth cap or not fast Internet, that could be a problem), and also you'll be an unstable environment (beta OS), which could have critical bug which could results in permanent data loss (and this is not one of those rare thing. It happened on Windows 10 beta, Windows 7 beta, and I THINK Vista beta as well, but don't quote me that.. its been too long), or unexpected system re-install.

So don't jump of joy.

I said this, it says this in the article.

I don't think half those posting are reading the article.

 

Thanks by the way.

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I said this, it says this in the article.

I don't think half those posting are reading the article.

 

Thanks by the way.

 

you are forced to be in the insider program to get this os  " you will receive the Windows 10 final release build and remain activated. Once you have successfully installed this build and activated, you will also be able to clean install on that PC from final media if you want to start over fresh" 

 

what i get from this paragraph is once it release i can fresh install the final release insted of being in the  TP build

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I said this, it says this in the article.

I don't think half those posting are reading the article.

 

Thanks by the way.

Yup. I marked my post as answer (for a day or so), in the hope that people will read it.

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I know you get a key.....

Previewers will get a download of the full version not the upgrade packet. Hence the article.

EVERYONE will have the option to download the ISO and use said upgrade key.

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What if I used it before, but switched back to Win8.1? I'm on insider program

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What if I used it before, but switched back to Win8.1? I'm on insider program

 

 

you need to have used Build 10130 and have it registered to your microsoft account

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Well, virtual machine time

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All hail lord Gabe from Microsoft. :P

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