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I missed the Windows 10 free upgrade and now regretting it.

by sidcool 10y ago

graton 10y ago
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgra... Still free to upgrade
- sidcool 10y ago
  Does it provide a trimmed down version of the upgrade? Will I be able to use Ubuntu subsystem?
oridecon 10y ago
You can still activate W10 using 7/8 keys and most of the other methods still work. At least that's what people say on /r/windows10.
austinsharp 10y ago
I've heard you can activate Windows 10 with a key from 7 or 8.1 [1]. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-10-hits-500-million-devices-growing-by-two-thirds-in-a-year/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windo...
kbenson 10y ago
As graton alludes to with his upgrade link, the trick is to get to the upgrade through an accessibility link. Windows 10 is still free for people that require accessibility services (presumably since it has better accessibility features), but there's no actual requirement behind that.
tdb7893 10y ago
I really like most of windows 10. My main complaint is the start menu, I have yet to figure out how I'm supposed to use it
- monocasa 10y ago
  I use it the same way I use Spotlight on mac and gnome-do on Ubuntu. I press a key-combo and it gives me a prompt to start typing a few characters that'll probably take me to what I'm looking for.
- Svenskunganka 10y ago
  To me it seems like you're mostly supposed to use Cortana search. They've taken the same approach as macOS and Ubuntu it seems.
- signal11 10y ago
  I can't stand the Windows 10 Start Menu. I paid 5 bucks for Start10 [1], although some people like the free Classic Shell [2]. [1] http://www.stardock.com/products/start10/ http://www.stardock.com/products/start10/ [2] http://www.classicshell.net/ http://www.classicshell.net/
- EvilTerran 10y ago
  I unpinned everything, and just operate it entirely by keyboard: hit the windows key, type the first few characters of the program name, hit enter. I find I don't even need to look at it most of the time.
- contextfree 10y ago
  you're supposed to pin your most used apps as tiles
dcw303 10y ago
I downloaded the iso during the free upgrade period but didn't get around to installing it until last weekend. On my first attempt I agreed to a prompt to download updates to the installer; it then told me I needed to have a key to continue. So I started again without downloading the updates, and I could install and activate without a key.

I missed the Windows 10 free upgrade and now regretting it.

by sidcool 10y ago

I missed the Windows 10 free upgrade and now regretting it.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgra... Still free to upgrade

sidcool 10y ago
Does it provide a trimmed down version of the upgrade? Will I be able to use Ubuntu subsystem?

oridecon 10y ago

You can still activate W10 using 7/8 keys and most of the other methods still work. At least that's what people say on /r/windows10.

austinsharp 10y ago

I've heard you can activate Windows 10 with a key from 7 or 8.1 [1]. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-10-hits-500-million-devices-growing-by-two-thirds-in-a-year/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windo...

kbenson 10y ago

As graton alludes to with his upgrade link, the trick is to get to the upgrade through an accessibility link. Windows 10 is still free for people that require accessibility services (presumably since it has better accessibility features), but there's no actual requirement behind that.

tdb7893 10y ago

I really like most of windows 10. My main complaint is the start menu, I have yet to figure out how I'm supposed to use it

monocasa 10y ago
I use it the same way I use Spotlight on mac and gnome-do on Ubuntu. I press a key-combo and it gives me a prompt to start typing a few characters that'll probably take me to what I'm looking for.
Svenskunganka 10y ago
To me it seems like you're mostly supposed to use Cortana search. They've taken the same approach as macOS and Ubuntu it seems.
signal11 10y ago
I can't stand the Windows 10 Start Menu. I paid 5 bucks for Start10 [1], although some people like the free Classic Shell [2]. [1] http://www.stardock.com/products/start10/ http://www.stardock.com/products/start10/ [2] http://www.classicshell.net/ http://www.classicshell.net/
EvilTerran 10y ago
I unpinned everything, and just operate it entirely by keyboard: hit the windows key, type the first few characters of the program name, hit enter. I find I don't even need to look at it most of the time.
contextfree 10y ago
you're supposed to pin your most used apps as tiles

dcw303 10y ago

I downloaded the iso during the free upgrade period but didn't get around to installing it until last weekend. On my first attempt I agreed to a prompt to download updates to the installer; it then told me I needed to have a key to continue. So I started again without downloading the updates, and I could install and activate without a key.