Buffalo wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message news

philo wrote:
On 01/06/2018 09:25 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Full story:
https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10s-final-free-upgrade-offer-expires-january-16

When Windows 10 first launched, Microsoft ran a promotion offering
free upgrades for a year. While that program ended in July of 2016,
free upgrades have remained available through an exception for users
who take advantage of "assistive technologies." Though that
exception was due to end on December 31, 2017, Microsoft has quietly
extended the upgrade another couple of weeks (via MSPU).

In an update to the upgrade offer page FAQ, Microsoft now states
that the upgrade offer will end on January 16.

"If you use assistive technologies, you can upgrade to Windows 10 at
no cost as Microsoft continues our efforts to improve the Windows 10
experience for people who use these technologies. Please take
advantage of this offer before it expires on January 16, 2018."

.... more ....

Note: That is for "assistive technologies" only.

I tested it Dec.31 and there was no skill testing
question or anything. It just looked like an ordinary
installation procedure.

Paul
I have a friend who has Win7 64bit Pro and I was wondering if he could
upgrade to Win10 64bit Pro without cost?
Is there a procedure to got through, and if so, what is it.
I don't know what "assistive technologies" means, but I will try to
check it out.

Thanks in advance.


https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/acce...ndows10upgrade

https://www.howtogeek.com/265409/you...sibility-site/

Reversion will only work for up to ten days after the install.
Not thirty days as stated in the article. The automated removal of
C:\Windows.old was changed fro 30 days to 10 days, after one
of the release versions of Win10 came along.

Make a backup of C: in any case, before doing that. I've found
in one case, that using restore of my C: drive, was faster
than the reversion function, and also more accurate. The history
of "revert" is, it makes a few registry changes that weren't there
when you started the upgrade. The revert is not "perfect".

Neither is the Upgrade. If a program is not compatible, it
may be discarded during the upgrade process. If you see a
desktop icon disappear (maybe your copy of CPUZ for example),
that means the migration logic did that. And on a revert, there's
no guarantee it would put your copy of CPUZ back, either. The revert
function is *not* the equivalent of a backup. It's a mechanical
step-wise approximation to what was there before. Whereas a backup
puts things back *exactly* as they were, when you made the backup.

And if the individual doesn't have a backup drive, tell them
"that's the fee for owning a computer", the acquisition of a
backup drive.

Backup software is free. I don't really like the Version 7 stuff,
because it leaves some services running. Version 6 seemed
to be a bit better in that regard (not as much CPU wastage).
The Free version will make "full" backups, no problem at all.
It can also make a boot CD, so you can put C: back whenever
you want. When you boot the CD, C: isn't being used, so
it's OK to overwrite C: with the restore copy.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Paul