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Old December 2nd 19, 09:57 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default Is the free Windows 10 upgrade still available?

Lucifer wrote:
On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 03:44:19 -0400, pjp
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Is it possible to upgrade from a licensed version of Panasonic
(FZ-G1ASBJKBA) FZ-G1 ToughPad Core i5 (3437U)
OEM Windows 8.1 Pro?

Think you'ld find all goes well. Has for two pc's did the "free" upgrade
well after advertised end of offer here. On a pc I changed from 32bit
Win7 to 63bit Win10 I had to enter a key for a Win7 64 bit os is only
issue I've had. Keep same bit size and I doubt you'll have any problems
at all other than hardware and drivers related.


I bought a Toughpad with no OS but with a OEM Windows 8.1 pro sticker.
I was hoping to install the 8.1 using the sticker code and then
upgrade. What are my chances of getting an OEM Windows 8.1 pro?
I am hoping the OEM version will have the drivers.

Thanks.


You can use the download link generator at Heidoc.

The Heidoc Win7 option is almost useless now - it's
very hard for them to generate valid download links.
They use a pool of valid Win7 licenses to generate
those URLs, and Microsoft limits how many times
a particular license key can do a download.

Whereas Win8 stands a better chance.

However, in this case you don't need it. Installing
Win8 would be an unnecessary step. What counts right
now, is what that license key on the COA is.

Does that means the tablet is actually Windows 7 vintage ?
As otherwise, there is less reason to be putting
a COA on it. The COA means it was updated from *something*,
but exactly what ?

Download the Windows 10 the normal way, and install
Pro and see if it activates, or see if the license
key works. Use your COA license key, as you feel
that is the "qualifying OS" in this case (free upgrade).

The Heidoc tool is here. The download ISO does *not*
come from the heidoc site. That would crush them,
with Internet charges. Instead, what the program does,
is it interacts with TechBench, and fools TechBench
into thinking you are a Retail customer. And it
gives two URLs. The "copy" button on the right of
the display, copies the URL to the copy buffer.
Then, open Firefox and paste in the URL and download
either the 32 bit or the 64 bit OS you wanted.
You can even download both if you want. I normally
keep both versions, because I run the 32-bit version
in a cruddy VM setup.

https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/techno...-download-tool

Here is a picture of the tool when it is running.

https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/images...downloader.png

Once you make a particular OS selection, the copy button
is on the right. You'll have to wait a moment, as the
tool uses IE, ActiveX, Techbench, to generate a
one-time URL (good for 24 hours). You cannot
(practically speaking), post the URL to USENET and
have others use it, as eventually the link will
become invalid.

You should not use that for Windows 10, because the
download DVD for 64 bit is 5GB in size. If you
use the MediaCreationTool using the regular microsoft.com
download page, that one when downloaded, fits on
a single-layer DVD blank and is less than 4.7GB in
size. The TechBench style Win10 has 11 OSes, the
MediaCreationTool one has 7 OSes and is a smaller
ISO file. The four missing OS types, are not
all that useful to anyone (they're Educational
versions, and the students can get the media
from their school for that).

Paul
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