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I have never known of a Starter level Windows 7 being allowed to upgrade for free to Windows 10...any version, they simply never allowed it...because the Starter level was such a cheap OEM only version, sold to the big Companies for basic devices...but hey...if you want to go that way and give it a try...go ahead! But I cannot see it working to an end result of Windows 10 activated...without paying for it...

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I am looking for a way to upgrade my HP laptop. From Windows 7 starter. To Windows 8. And I wanted to do it for free is there any websites out there that can give me free product keys where I can get the software update that I can use to upgrade my laptop from Windows 7 starter to Windows 8.and if there is please post your comments below. With the links thank you.

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No but you can upgrade to Windows 10 for free.  Just install it using your existing key for Windows 7.

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No, not happening bud. There is no official way and AFAIK the only unofficial way would be piracy. We won't help you do piracy here.

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

No but you can upgrade to Windows 10 for free.  Just install it using your existing key for Windows 7.

I'm actually not 100% sure a Windows 7 Starter key would allow an upgrade...

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4 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

I'm actually not 100% sure a Windows 7 Starter key would allow an upgrade...

Apparently it is accepted

https://techjourney.net/windows-10-official-upgrade-path-from-windows-788-1/

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6 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

I'm actually not 100% sure a Windows 7 Starter key would allow an upgrade...

sure it will ms is pretty desperate for users

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2 minutes ago, emosun said:

sure it will ms is pretty desperate for users

More people for them to collect data on

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I have never known of a Starter level Windows 7 being allowed to upgrade for free to Windows 10...any version, they simply never allowed it...because the Starter level was such a cheap OEM only version, sold to the big Companies for basic devices...but hey...if you want to go that way and give it a try...go ahead! But I cannot see it working to an end result of Windows 10 activated...without paying for it...

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I'm pretty sure Starter needs to be upgraded to Home first (with a fee) and then it can be upgraded to Win10 for free. Or Win8.1 with the upgrade fee.

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