Microsoft is killing the free Windows 10 upgrade offer after 29, 2016 if Christ tarry. But, what do you do if you want to upgrade your Windows 7 or 8. 1 PC to Windows 10 for free after this date? Well, thanks to Microsoft's digital license entitlement, you can use Windows 10's rollback feature to grab the free upgrade again in future.
Microsoft Corporation is With the Windows 10 entitlement in place, you can schedule the final Windows 10 upgrade on your PC after July 26, 2016. To elaborate more on this, I'll ask you to read the following lines from Windows 10 Upgrade page on its website.
Lets break down things to you candidly:
Microsoft is giving away free Windows 10 Update for free to "
qualified Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices" you know this fast very well. However, the interesting part that Windows users might be missing is;
Once you upgrade, you have Windows 10 free on that device."
This means that Windows 10 upgrade process records a digital entitlement for every device on Microsoft's activation servers. In simpler words, Microsoft associated a Windows 10 license to your specific hardware, making any Windows 10 activation key useless in future installations.
So, here's what needs to be done;
How To Get Windows 10 For Free Even Before Microsoft Anniversary
To grab the Windows 10 free upgrade offer even after July 29, 2016, you need to get the update once before this expiry date. Here's how to grab the Windows 10 update manually if you haven't got it.
After that, look for the Activation in the update and security section in settings and confirm that your Windows 10 operating system is activated.
As I mentioned above, Microsoft generates a Windows 10 license certificate with each device and stores it with your device ID for future activation so that you can boot Windows 10 from an ISO file and a clean install without any key.
You can take advantage of this feature and use it to lock in your free upgrade for future. After upgrading to Windows 10, you can easily roll back to your previous operating system i.Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. This won't hurt your Windows 10's entitlement that you got while upgrading and you can grab . Windows 10 again when you are willing.
After confirming that your Windows 10 copy is activated, you can do Recovery in the Update and Security section in setting and roll back to the previous installation. It's totally hassle free and takes just 5-10 minutes.
So, if you want to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2016, claim the free upgrade now and then roll back to your previous installation.
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