On 03/09/2015 13:55, mechanic wrote:
On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 20:16:43 +0100, BobH wrote:

I just wondered if the product key from a windows 7 install can be used
for an upgrade to windows 8.1.

I have googled this but can't find a definitive answer.

So why not update to Win10 bypassing Win8? Very similar look and
feel to Win8.1 in many ways. That would be perfectly permissible
under current arrangements, at least for the next year.


I would update to win10 if win10 would do the upgrade but it failed 4
times. From what I could find out the consensus of opinion seems to be
the G3258 cpu, which I am using. Apparently it is to do with microcode,
which is above my grade.