Re: The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end on July 29, 2016.

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers, aus.electronics
Subject	Re: The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end on July 29, 2016.
Date	2016-06-28 11:32 +0000
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On June 24, I wrote:
> Don McKenzie <5V@2.5a> wrote:
> > 
> > Don?t miss out! The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end on July
> > 29, 2016.
> 
>   Do you have some recent reference which says that they're actually
> going through with this?
> 
>   Yes, they said this a year ago, but it's unwise to take Microsoft
> at their word, let alone if it's a year old.

  In - sort of - answering my own question:

  It *seems* that there no longer is a time limit on the free upgrade.

  For example the (Microsoft) "Get Windows 10" page
(<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10>) does not
mention any time limit on the free upgrade and not even for a clean
installation. (The only requirement for the latter is that you have a
qualifying product key for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.)

  Just for the 'fun' of it, I ran the Media Creation Tool and downloaded
the Windows 10 ISO. At the end of the download, the tool says:

"If you're going to upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 or if you're
 reinstalling Windows 10, you won't need to enter a product key."

  I.e. again no time limit.

  So I guess we'll see what *really* happens after July 29 (2016)! :-)

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