Microsoft has started
forbidding countdown timer on many windows 7 and windows 8 systems that July 29
is the last day to upgrade to windows 10 and after that it will not be
available for free.
The OS was launched on 29th july 2015 and as of June this year had gained a market share of 19% according to www.netmarketshare.com. After this July 29th windows will not be available for free and you have to buy. So it is desirable to update to windows 10 now and keep your free install for future updates and roll back to windows 7 after installing.
The OS was launched on 29th july 2015 and as of June this year had gained a market share of 19% according to www.netmarketshare.com. After this July 29th windows will not be available for free and you have to buy. So it is desirable to update to windows 10 now and keep your free install for future updates and roll back to windows 7 after installing.
Microsoft has done a great
job of offering windows 10 for free
For
one year. It has been benefitted by many windows 7 and windows 8 users all
these days. Now Microsoft had put a deadline and ending with the offer by a
counter time to upgrade the free windows 10 for windows 7 and 8 users. We have
to just keep the upgrade copy for later use. If you are not interested you can
roll back to the original version and start using.
Procedure to
Upgrade for windows 10 for Free.
1. Press Upgrade
Now button
All the Windows 7 and windows 8 users can upgrade to windows 10 by
clicking on the upgrade now button available on the bottom right corner of the
countdown timer.
2.
Check your PC
Windows update will check your PC for
potential issues and also check your copy of windows is activated. If it is not
you need to do it by online or buying a new key code.
3. Click on Accept Button
Windows 10 download will be started a soon as the accept button is
started. This download file is above 3GB so may take time depending on your
speed of your internet connection. Wait
till you get start now or schedule it later. Now press start now button and the
installation will start.
4. Click on Customize setting
Wait till the
installation complete and click next to select your options. Since these are
related to your privacy click on the customize setting in the left corner.
Keeping in mind the privacy
of windows 10, For the time being disable all the setting, for the setting like
shared network and sending error information which can be enabled. Later you
can enable these disabled settings also.
Some options like sending browsing data to Microsoft and other can
involve you sharing your Internet connection like the BitTorrent client and
sharing updated files with other user can be enabled even though they are safe
to do, but it can effect on the internet connection speed, so it is advisable
to disable them.
5.
Check for Activation
Active
installation is completed .Go to Start > Settings > Update and security
and click on Activation button. This
gives the details of windows 10 activation.
That’s completes the
Upgrade and Installation of windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10.
If you are not interested
with this windows 10 you can restore to previous version
1. Start > Settings
> Update and security > Recovery > Get started in Go back to windows
option.
During the process of
recovery to older version, system will reinstall some programs but no need to
worry about these because you can use Microsoft’s
Media Creation Tool to
reinstall windows 10.
Whether you reinstall
or use windows 10 it is desirable to register for a free copy so that you can
upgrade for free in future.
The countdown time has
already started by Microsoft to register
for Free copy of windows 10 and the last
date for free registration of windows 10 is 29 July 2016 and after that it is
no longer valid.
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