Post by Admin on Feb 13, 2020 10:34:38 GMT -7
Upgrade to Windows 10 for FREE!
Now that Windows 7 support has officially expired do you need to buy a new computer? Official Microsoft support for Windows 7 ended in January although we are still getting updates almost every day.
In January the Forum discovered a helpful article from a legitimate news source that explained how to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. We tried the tool on an old computer and much to our surprise it worked. Perfectly! It took about 5 hours to download the tool and Windows 10 plus answer prompts and check settings. We tested the old computer for a few days and it worked fine. It even received new Windows 10 updates automatically.
We then installed Windows 10 on a few more old computers running Windows 7. All updated perfectly.
The only problem we ran into is that Windows 10 has many settings, that by default, can limit your privacy. We spent an hour in the Windows 10 "Settings" section shutting almost all of them off. Then we had the privacy we had with Windows 7 and the performance of Windows 10.
Here is a link to the article. The story contains links to the download tool as well. The process is almost automatic. You do have to check it every hour or so because you will be prompted at various times to continue.
No need to toss that computer yet!
Please post your results below so others may learn and benefit from your experiences.
In January the Forum discovered a helpful article from a legitimate news source that explained how to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. We tried the tool on an old computer and much to our surprise it worked. Perfectly! It took about 5 hours to download the tool and Windows 10 plus answer prompts and check settings. We tested the old computer for a few days and it worked fine. It even received new Windows 10 updates automatically.
We then installed Windows 10 on a few more old computers running Windows 7. All updated perfectly.
The only problem we ran into is that Windows 10 has many settings, that by default, can limit your privacy. We spent an hour in the Windows 10 "Settings" section shutting almost all of them off. Then we had the privacy we had with Windows 7 and the performance of Windows 10.
Here is a link to the article. The story contains links to the download tool as well. The process is almost automatic. You do have to check it every hour or so because you will be prompted at various times to continue.
No need to toss that computer yet!
Please post your results below so others may learn and benefit from your experiences.