Windows 10 reservation after release

[AliSafdar28]

Is there any chance to reserve windows 10 after its been released and by reserve i mean get the free update for 1 year post-release? I have genuine (non-pirated) windows 8.1 but i did not reserve it before release so will i get the free update by any chance?

[Mao_Zedong]

Yes, you still have over 11 months to get it. If you still have the reserve icon you can use that, or just directly download it.

[AliSafdar28]

Directly download it from where then? That media upgrad tool? Doesn't it ask for a product key? Well i do have the upgrade icon, which didn't appear before but when i did that wuauclt.exe /updatenow command from cmd , it came in the taskbar , but that upgrade icon says "Ok, notify me when we're ready" after i reserved it. And after applying that command from cmd , windows downloads files but it doesn't intalls it after it hits 100%. Any help?

[Thx And Bye]

-> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

If you upgrade it does work exactly like the update via Windows update.

I upgrade my notebook right after installing Windows 7 on in. (without waiting for the icon in the taskbar to appear)

You only have to use the upgrade funcion and not create a iso.

[AliSafdar28]

 

-> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

If you upgrade it does work exactly like the update via Windows update.

I upgrade my notebook right after installing Windows 7 on in. (without waiting for the icon in the taskbar to appear)

You only have to use the upgrade funcion and not create a iso.

 

 

So that means i get to keep all my files in C using this media creation tool? And currently i have Windows 8.1 Pro so i will get Windows 10 Pro for a year right? And many people also complain about the "Something happened" error with this tool, so if i choose to upgrade , is there any chance of me getting that error or does that only apply to "Create Installation media for Another PC" option?