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Old January 20th 19, 08:28 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
GS
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Default If I have to do a complete install, would it be better to get a bigger drive, or a new computer?

GS wrote:

The free upgrade to Win10 offer has expired! None of the systems I've put
Win7Pro on have had this "done to" them. (That includes the new Win10
machines I've replaced the OS on!)

Note that Windows Update has been disabled so only apps with their own
built-in update scheme update as configured, or manually on demand.


A Win7 machine would not "auto-upgrade" to Windows 10 today.

But if you download a Win10 DVD and install it manually
while Windows 7 is running, you just might (still) get
free Windows 10. It didn't actually stop working a year
or so ago, and installing Win10 over Win7 has worked
since then.

But the more aggressive "auto-upgrade" behavior has stopped.

Paul


Thanks, that's good to know!

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