

Download Windows 10 via Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool, which creates an installation program on a DVD disk or flash drive (see /hgtcedm and click “download tool now.”).
#Convert to windows 10 free how to
So, here’s how to upgrade to Windows 10 for free: Windows 7 PCs, for example, appear to be a hacking disaster waiting to happen. So why has this freebie continued? I suspect that Microsoft is more interested in getting rid of older, less-secure versions of Windows than in making a few extra bucks selling Windows 10 upgrades. About 25% of personal computers still use Windows 7 (even though it no longer gets security updates) and about 3% use Windows 8.1 (which gets security updates until January 2023). This unpublicized giveaway is unusual for Microsoft, and comes at a time when there are still plenty of PCs that need to be upgraded (see /y94nuduj). The download and installation process remains available for all Windows 7 or 8.1 PCs that can handle Windows 10 (see installation directions at /yxyczvnx). Yes, you can still get the free upgrade to Windows 10, even though the Microsoft offer expired in 2017. An IT guy told me I might still be able to get it for free, even though the free upgrade offer has expired.

Now that Windows 7 no longer gets security updates, I want to install Windows 10 again.

But I didn’t like Windows 10, so I chose to undo the upgrade. I converted my Windows 7 PC to Windows 10 in 2016, when Microsoft was offering the upgrade for free.
