OS – Greg https://ppcs.boiseneus.org Boise, Idaho Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://i0.wp.com/ppcs.boiseneus.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-SiteIcon-1-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 OS – Greg https://ppcs.boiseneus.org 32 32 135787089 Windows 10 Free Upgrade https://ppcs.boiseneus.org/2017/12/12/windows-10-free-upgrade/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:27:49 +0000 http://ppcs.boiseneus.org/?p=527 Continue reading "Windows 10 Free Upgrade"

]]>  According to December issue of PC World Microsoft will end their free upgrade path to Windows 10 on December 31, 2017.  The savvy reader will say “Hey, Greg that free upgrade ended many months ago.” And that is correct. But, what most people aren’t aware of is that Microsoft has had available an extended free upgrade path for users implementing any type of “assistive technology”. Here is an article detailing that program. Microsoft does not throw any hoops and loops to jump through to upgrade to Win 10 via this path. Kind of the honor system. Before you start feeling guilty about taking this route it benefits Microsoft to get as many people off Win 7 & 8 as possible.

Here is the Microsoft page to start the process if you are so inclined.

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