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No Free Upgrades to Windows 10 for Pirated Versions of Windows
Early this year, when Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 upgrade would
be offered for free for all existing Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, the
company also mentioned that they were trying to include all the pirated
versions of Windows to upgrade to Windows 10. We already shared the upgrade
matrix for Windows 10. Microsoft mentioned that if a user is running the
latest version (including service pack) for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, then
they will qualify for upgrade via Windows Store, rest of the users will have
to download the ISO and upgrade, which is again free.
Now the company has clarified about the upgrade of pirated version of
Windows to Windows 10.
Windows-10-Image
So according to the blog post, the upgrade to Windows 10 for pirated
versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 will not be free, but upgrade is
possible.
While our free offer to upgrade to Windows 10 will not apply to Non-
Genuine Windows devices, and as we’ve always done, we will continue to
offer Windows 10 to customers running devices in a Non-Genuine state. In
addition, in partnership with some of our valued OEM partners, we are
planning very attractive Windows 10 upgrade offers for their customers
running one of their older devices in a Non-Genuine state.
This actually makes sense since pirated versions haven’t paid any license
like genuine versions and hence do not quality for free upgrades. But again
a good move by Microsoft in offering upgrade for pirated versions to geniune
version of Windows. As of now there is no mention on the pricing for
upgrading from pirated version.
On Windows 10, if the version is pirated or Microsoft is not able to verify
that Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with, they
create a desktop watermark to notify the user.
Early this year, when Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 upgrade would
be offered for free for all existing Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, the
company also mentioned that they were trying to include all the pirated
versions of Windows to upgrade to Windows 10. We already shared the upgrade
matrix for Windows 10. Microsoft mentioned that if a user is running the
latest version (including service pack) for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, then
they will qualify for upgrade via Windows Store, rest of the users will have
to download the ISO and upgrade, which is again free.
Now the company has clarified about the upgrade of pirated version of
Windows to Windows 10.
Windows-10-Image
So according to the blog post, the upgrade to Windows 10 for pirated
versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 will not be free, but upgrade is
possible.
While our free offer to upgrade to Windows 10 will not apply to Non-
Genuine Windows devices, and as we’ve always done, we will continue to
offer Windows 10 to customers running devices in a Non-Genuine state. In
addition, in partnership with some of our valued OEM partners, we are
planning very attractive Windows 10 upgrade offers for their customers
running one of their older devices in a Non-Genuine state.
This actually makes sense since pirated versions haven’t paid any license
like genuine versions and hence do not quality for free upgrades. But again
a good move by Microsoft in offering upgrade for pirated versions to geniune
version of Windows. As of now there is no mention on the pricing for
upgrading from pirated version.
On Windows 10, if the version is pirated or Microsoft is not able to verify
that Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with, they
create a desktop watermark to notify the user.
