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Product key to continue installing Windows 10. Windows 10 online before, you will be prompted to enter a Windows 10 Taken advantage of the free upgrade offer and successfully activated If you attempt to clean install Windows 10 on a device that hasn’t To be considered an upgrade, you must start installation of Windows 10

Clean installs of Windows 10 on a Windows 7 or Windows 8.xĭevice via booting from media are not considered “upgrades”, so theįree upgrade offer will not apply.

boot from media and install) Windows 10 on my Windows 7 or Windows 8.x device and still take advantage of theĪ: No. Yourĭevice will automatically activate online after upgrading to Windowsġ0 while the free upgrade offer is valid.

Windows 10 and still take advantage of the free upgrade offer. Upgrade qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 devices to You will be able to download Windows 10 installation media to Q: Can I use Windows 10 media to upgrade to Windows 10 and still take advantage of the free upgrade offer?Ī: Yes. Here's two FAQs that various Microsoft threads lead me to on the topic: This may have changed or been clarified, but was the case last time I looked at it. Note that once your license has been upgraded, it's no longer valid for a Windows 7 install. This means Windows 10 is auto activates on the hardware without supplying a key, or at least that has been my experience so far. I believe they do something to tie the activation to the hardware, so I'm not sure about moving the license to another computer any more.

You're now free to do a fresh install of Windows 10.

Do an in-place upgrade to Windows 10, ensuring that Windows is activated afterwards.

Install Windows 7 with the key you have and make sure it is activated.

The only way to really do a clean Windows 10 install when you also need to upgrade your Windows 7 license is: I don't think there are any shortcuts, though it would be very handy.