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Updating an old computer to Win10 for free using a win7 key.
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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 1098843" data-attributes="member: 176362"><p>Yes as of October 2020 its still possible to get a completely free operating system upgrade to win10 for computers. I did a clean install on a blank ssd for what will become my SDR & Eumetcast computer once its all been set up. The spec is an old (probably ~7/8 years from its details) i3motherboard with 2x4 GB RAM. You can get an win10 install iso by using the win10 creation tool available from the microsoft website</p><p></p><p>I had a few problems getting it to install - this was eventually tracked down to a faulty ram chip. The build kept halting mid install. Once I had stripped out one of the chips it built no problem, so its currently running 1x4GB RAM. <em>If it asks for a product key during install</em> click on "do it later / I dont have a product key" You put your key in later.</p><p></p><p>Once you have installed it go to the computer properties and click on <strong>change the product key</strong>. Just enter a valid<strong> win7</strong> product key and after a few minutes waiting you will get a fully activated legal version of win10 <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> The RAM on this machine will be updated back to 8GB or possibly 16GB in the near future.</p><p></p><p>Once the setup was activated I installed Classic Shell & ShutUp10. Now I need to get my head around how win10 works.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 1098843, member: 176362"] Yes as of October 2020 its still possible to get a completely free operating system upgrade to win10 for computers. I did a clean install on a blank ssd for what will become my SDR & Eumetcast computer once its all been set up. The spec is an old (probably ~7/8 years from its details) i3motherboard with 2x4 GB RAM. You can get an win10 install iso by using the win10 creation tool available from the microsoft website I had a few problems getting it to install - this was eventually tracked down to a faulty ram chip. The build kept halting mid install. Once I had stripped out one of the chips it built no problem, so its currently running 1x4GB RAM. [I]If it asks for a product key during install[/I] click on "do it later / I dont have a product key" You put your key in later. Once you have installed it go to the computer properties and click on [B]change the product key[/B]. Just enter a valid[B] win7[/B] product key and after a few minutes waiting you will get a fully activated legal version of win10 :) The RAM on this machine will be updated back to 8GB or possibly 16GB in the near future. Once the setup was activated I installed Classic Shell & ShutUp10. Now I need to get my head around how win10 works..... [/QUOTE]
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