Windows 7 to 10?

[BenKavanagh]

On my current pc i upgraded to windows 10 from 8 a while back. Now if I wanted to build a new pc and got windows 7 or 8 off of Kinguin.net for cheap, can i for sure upgrade to windows 10 for free? or did i use up my one time thing on my account? thanks!

[Linaran]

http://www.howtogeek.com/226100/the-windows-10-faq-everything-you-need-to-know/

There is a minor catch: the upgrade is only free for the first year Windows 10 is available. Windows 10 was officially released in 07/29/2015 and the upgrade will remain free for qualifying users until 07/28/2016.

[Lotus]

Upgrades are still being offered, and they are based upon each license key, not end user. Also, you do not upgrade the license. Rather what happens is that each license is allowed to one-time register a certain hardware configuration for Windows 10.

 

Also, I strongly disagree with the use of grey market resellers. Places like G2A and Kinguin enable the sale of license keys outside of their intended market, against the TOS/EULA. Abusing out of region pricing is something I find morally wrong due to the nature of why that region is getting a cheaper price in the first place. This is also ignoring the chance for keys bought with stolen credit cards and MSDN keys.

[BenKavanagh]

1 minute ago, Linaran said:

http://www.howtogeek.com/226100/the-windows-10-faq-everything-you-need-to-know/

There is a minor catch: the upgrade is only free for the first year Windows 10 is available. Windows 10 was officially released in 07/29/2015 and the upgrade will remain free for qualifying users until 07/28/2016.

so it doesnt matter that i have already upgraded to windows 10 for free on this microsoft account?

[WoctorDho]

but why not do the fresh install and just buy windows 10 straight from kinguin. looks to me like the same price. 

(i have heard that windows 10 works better if you do a fresh install instead of the upgrade.)

[BenKavanagh]

1 minute ago, Lotus said:

Upgrades are still being offered, and they are based upon each license key, not end user. Also, you do not upgrade the license. Rather what happens is that each license is allowed to one-time register a certain hardware configuration for Windows 10.

 

Also, I strongly disagree with the use of grey market resellers. Places like G2A and Kinguin enable the sale of license keys outside of their intended market, against the TOS/EULA. Abusing out of region pricing is something I find morally wrong due to the nature of why that region is getting a cheaper price in the first place. This is also ignoring the chance for keys bought with stolen credit cards and MSDN keys.

sorry but i didnt understand anything you said lol. i guess the real question is hoq do i get windows 10 or even 8 for that matter and CHEAP?

[Linaran]

Sorry I didn't properly read your question and just assumed you asked for the deadline.

I think one product key gets one upgrade? So if you have 2 different product keys those are 2 different free upgrades.

[Lotus]

Just now, BenKavanagh said:

sorry but i didnt understand anything you said lol. i guess the real question is hoq do i get windows 10 or even 8 for that matter and CHEAP?

Legitimately? You can't.

[Enderman]

Yes. If you buy a windows 7 or 8 key for cheap all you need to do is make a windows 10 USB drive using this tool https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10

Then when you install windows 10 from the USB you can activate it with the 7 or 8.1 key you bought

 

As long as you activate it before july, you will get windows 10 for free, and it will work forever