Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for “genuine and non-genuine” users

[cypress]

Microsoft is back peddling from this!

http://www.neowin.net/news/upgrading-to-windows-10-on-pirated-versions-wont-get-you-a-valid-license

I think MS saw the light at the end of the tunnel. Computer Shops will profit but there are a lot of places that are infested with pizza techs.

I already had 2 clients ask me about Windows 10 the other day. They want to try and upgrade from their Windows 8 machine.

 

[nlinecomputers]

It is a trial balloon. If you read the quote from Microsoft they are talking out of both sides of their mouths. You can get the upgrade but you will still be tagged as not legal? So WTF does that really mean? No Windows Updates? Limited Use? Annoying "You are not running a genuine copy" wallpaper. Or just that tag in the system properties? I think they are testing the waters. Personally I don't give a frak about Pizza Techs. They are not my competition nor should they be yours. Cheap clients are bad clients, everytime.

 

[Porthos]

I am thinking.... for example... Those who use a system builder license on a dell for example are not legal to the EULA but fully works. They will not still be completely legal after 10.

 

[nlinecomputers]

I am thinking.... for example... Those who use a system builder license on a dell for example are not legal to the EULA but fully works. They will not still be completely legal after 10.

Yep. And while not legal M$ doesn't do anything about it. They got there money so they do not care. In the case of Windows 10 the point is like razor blades. They will give away the razor(the OS) on the hope you will buy lots of blades(apps from the Microsoft app store.)

 

[katz]

They will give away the razor(the OS) on the hope you will buy lots of blades(apps from the Microsoft app store.)

Not sure how that will work out for them, since there is a freeware alternative on sourceforge to just about anything needed on MSoft...

Good points about the "genuine copy" stuff...can't wait for all the dust to settle.

 

[Zone22]

I'm kind of curious to see if we will be able to perform a clean install by installing Windows 10 without a license then upgrade with the upgrade license. With Windows 7 and 8 this was possible.

 

[Krynn72]

It makes sense that it won't be genuine still after the upgrade. If I were them, I wouldn't want to offer support, guarantee a service, or be liable for anything when someone upgrades a potentially hacked version of Windows 7. Who knows how hackers could mess with that? No matter how small the risk, I wouldn't want my company's "legit" product to be involved.

 

[TimM]

Microsoft is back peddling from this!

http://www.neowin.net/news/upgrading-to-windows-10-on-pirated-versions-wont-get-you-a-valid-license

Glad to hear that... it really did seem to open a can of worms.
The thing that will really piss me off though is if we have to use a process as moronic as the Windows Store only upgrade from 8 to 8.1

 

[Kurt]

Next year is certainly going to be interesting. I'm sure people will be dying to upgrade to get away from windows 8 as fast as possible. It could be a nice boost in revenue upgrading pc's, but could also be a lot of headaches if it doesn't work well on older pc's

And people holding off upgrading from Windows 7 will possibly upgrade. I see a lot of opportunities for new business when Windows 10 is released.

The more they integrate with One Drive and Office 365... great for selling clients on moving to the cloud.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

Ha. We use one drive a little, find that I prefer dropbox better.

 

[callthatgirl]

Ha. We use one drive a little

keep it that way for your own sanity!! lol

 

[gunslinger]

No thanks. I'll be rocking Windows 7 Pro 64 bit well into the next 4-5 years.

 

[cypress]

No thanks. I'll be rocking Windows 7 Pro 64 bit well into the next 4-5 years.

same here!

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

No thanks. I'll be rocking Windows 7 Pro 64 bit well into the next 4-5 years.

I have run 7/8/8.1/10 and seem to always roll back to 7 for rock solid stability and ease of use, but will be upgrading at least a machine or two to 10 just to have, might just be a VM, but nice to have something to refer to if needed.

 

[gunslinger]

I have run 7/8/8.1/10 and seem to always roll back to 7 for rock solid stability and ease of use, but will be upgrading at least a machine or two to 10 just to have, might just be a VM, but nice to have something to refer to if needed.

Oh I'll definitely keep a Windows 8.1 and 10 VM around but on my personal systems its Windows 7, OSX Mavericks and Linux Mint.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

I just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 I believe the other night in a VM as it has been a couple years since I seen it. Really need to actually spend some time with it.

 

[nlinecomputers]

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsof...u-upgrade-a-non-genuine-install-to-windows-10

So it will get marked as not Genuine.

 

[activeits]

A new customer got me to go around to his, to assist him upgrade to Windows 10 as he was unsure on the process. I soon realised his Windows 8.1 was illegal, he had read about the free upgrade and was willing to take the risk, and would not be hold be responsible for any issues.

I did the upgrade 8.1 Pro to Windows 10 Pro, it activated no issues, then he want to have N&P, so used Windows 10 Pro ISO, Skip the inserting Keys, connected to the Internet, and within a minute, it reported it was activated and the Key was the generic one that ends in 3V66T.

There is no illegal watermark, the same key as other people have reported. So at the moment it looks like Microsoft is giving valid keys, to previous illegal PCs.


Has anyone else seen this?


Thanks

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

A couple of us have set up test machines and have seen the same results.

 

[activeits]

I had an old legal Windows 7 32 Bit PC, did the upgrade to 10 32 Bit, checked activated. Then I did clean install of 10 64 Bit on it, and it activated.

I was not expecting that to work.