![]() Oct 2nd 2023 Microsoft Tech Chief Prefers Using NVIDIA AI GPUs, Keeping Tabs on AMD Alternatives (48).Feb 23rd 2023 Installed Windows 11 with TPM Disabled? Expect an Ugly Watermark on the Desktop (90).Oct 9th 2023 Microsoft to Unveil Custom AI Chips to Fight NVIDIA's Monopoly (33). ![]() Upgrades to Windows 11 from Windows 10 are still free. The installation path to obtain the Windows 7 / 8 free upgrade is now removed as well. Microsoft announced the change on their Device Partner Center in a very short posting which reads, Microsoft's free upgrade offer for Windows 10 / 11 ended July 29, 2016. That old Dell box in your closet that came with Windows 7 Pro in 2009? That key glued to the back could still be used to activate a fresh copy of Windows 10/11 in 2023. This even worked when doing a fresh clean install if you had an OEM key harvested from an old machine. Microsoft originally allowed this as a means to entice users away from Windows 7 and onto their newer operating systems via the free Windows Upgrade system. So long as you had the correct version of the key for the install you intended to use, such as Home or Pro, plugging a Windows 7 key into a Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or even 11 install after upgrading would activate that new copy of Windows. For over a decade since the launch of Windows 8, Windows has had a not so well kept secret you could activate an install using a Windows 7 key.
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