win 7 retail upgrade to win 10.

[T@F]

There is still a way to get the free win 10 upgrade.
But what i want to know what is true.

I did do a google search and getting mixed replys.
If i upgrade my win 7 retail to win 10 does win 10 become retail?

I found this
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade/windows-7-retail-license-upgrade-to-windows-10/a6a1cc4b-720d-41cc-87c2-7eb7dd5166fc
and this
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade/will-upgrading-motherboard-after-upgrading-to/a26e93c4-6886-4b44-99cf-7bf49ccba6ee?auth=1

but there all 2015 replies.
As i heared that after a year it becomes oem ect.

So anyone know for sure before i upgrade.

[C2Dan88]

No the the free uprade is only for digitial entitlement which essentially means OEM it is non transferable.

[Omega]

You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free.

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows10

[T@F]

Escrito originalmente por Omega:

You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free.

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows10

yeah there is another way as well.
But that was not what i wanted to know.

What i want to know is. do i get a retail win 10 with my retail win 7 key?
I'm not willing to give a up a retail key for a oem key.

[Omega]

Escrito originalmente por T@F:

Escrito originalmente por Omega:

You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free.

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows10

yeah there is another way as well.
But that was not what i wanted to know.

What i want to know is. do i get a retail win 10 with my retail win 7 key?
I'm not willing to give a up a retail key for a oem key.

No. The key is OEM and can not be moved over to another PC.

[C2Dan88]

Escrito originalmente por T@F:

What i want to know is. do i get a retail win 10 with my retail win 7 key?

As I said earlier. NO you do not get a Win10 Retail key, infact you do not get a key AT ALL for the free upgrade.

MS calls it a Digitial Entitlement license. Which means the device you upgrade to will activate without needing to enter a key during (re)install provided you link your MS account and you do not upgrade/replace the motherboard.

Your Win7 retail key DOES NOT get converted to a Win10 retail either!!! It remains a Win7 key, but it can be used to activate Win10 but IS NOT required.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Does it matter? You can re-use the OS all you want when it really comes down to it.
Just install Win10 and enter your Win7 key, done.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

There is no such things as "remove license from previous PC"

You can have that license active as many times as you wish; sure there are limits but most consumers would never exceed this limit.

If there has this 3 install limit, which I've heard from folks before, not sure where they get that info, cause it is 100% BS. If it were true how come I can install Windows OS, same key, on like 10 drives, they've all been activated separately; no issues. Done this for many years, no problems.

Yes you will lost your OS being "Retail" so what; none of that matters.

Plus you can re-use your Win7 OS freely even after putting Win10 on your machine.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well I'm not talking about putting the OS on many machines at the same time though either.

However, OP can put Win10 on the machine he had Win7 on. Then go and re-use that Win7 on another machine if he/she wants to.

[CursedPanther]

MS is desperately maintaining the market-share of Windows. You can easily see that the conditions of licensing for average consumers now with 10 has become rather loose when comparing to the days of XP/Vista/7. My guess is the original 1-year free upgrade plan hasn't quite met the target.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Escrito originalmente por CursedPanther:

MS is desperately maintaining the market-share of Windows. You can easily see that the conditions of licensing for average consumers now with 10 has become rather loose when comparing to the days of XP/Vista/7. My guess is the original 1-year free upgrade plan hasn't quite met the target.

"Free upgrade for 1 year" was a marketing gimmick; nothing more. The fact is, Win10 has remained this way, it has not changed in that regard.

[CursedPanther]

Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Escrito originalmente por CursedPanther:

MS is desperately maintaining the market-share of Windows. You can easily see that the conditions of licensing for average consumers now with 10 has become rather loose when comparing to the days of XP/Vista/7. My guess is the original 1-year free upgrade plan hasn't quite met the target.

"Free upgrade for 1 year" was a marketing gimmick; nothing more. The fact is, Win10 has remained this way, it has not changed in that regard.

We see it as a marketing gimmick cuz the gig is basically still running today slowly achieving MS's goal. I would imagine the terms to turn out rather differently should there had been around 90% of voluntary upgrade back then.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No, Microsoft has no plans to change that anytime soon. They planned it this way, cause they are hoping to get more $ per user by them using Microsoft Store.

[CursedPanther]

That's what I'm saying...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Oh I thought you were trying to suggest that MS may, after getting enough of a Win10 user base / market share; change the OS to where Free Upgrade and Digital Entitlement is no longer offered. Well if they do, we have not seen any words from MS about such a change anytime soon. And here we are, more than 2 years after Win10 went retail.

[☠ Jordan ☠]

Upgrade but disable the telemetry as soon as you do. It's a good OS but is chaulk full of antiprivacy and anticonsumer BS. Make sure you look up how to disable that garbage.