Tech Advisor - UK (2020-03)

102 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020

WINDOWS 10

a USBkeywiththeWindows 10 softwareinstalled,

whichyoucantheninsertintoyourPCandperform

thenecessary upgrade.

Option 3: Upgrade to Windows 10 for free

There may be a third option. Microsoft gave Windows

7 and Windows 8.1 users an entire year after the launch

of Windows 10 (until 31 July, 2016) to upgrade to

Windows 10 for free, and then until the end of 2017

to use an assistive loophole to gain access. However,

Microsoft apparently never turned off the Windows 10

upgrade servers, according to ZDNet reporter Ed Bott.

So you may end up lucking out: You might be able to

upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free.

If you have a Windows 7 PC, simply visit the

Windows 10 download page, and download the

upgrade tool onto your PC. (You’ll have to accept the

Go to the Windows 10

download page and

download the upgrade tool