People will be asked to enter a valid product key when upgrading for the first time from Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 through both the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant and the Media Creation tool. When we had asked Microsoft about why people were still able to download Windows 10 for free after the offer had ended, the Windows maker had sent us the following statement at the end of 2017 without denying the continued free upgrade offer: The free upgrade offer doesn't work if your device is under a compatibility hold You can confirm the validity of Windows 10 through Settings > Update & Security > Activation. If you are asked for a key, just enter a valid Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 product key. As long as you are running a legit copy of Windows 7, it will complete without any problems (more on the possibility of problems later).

This entire process doesn't ask for a product key.

Accept the license terms and either click on the Upgrade this PC now (if you are running this tool on the Windows 7 machine that you want to upgrade) OR Create installation media for another PC (if you are downloading Windows 10 for another PC).

After the Media Creation Tool has been downloaded, click to run it.

Go to this link and click on the Download tool now button.

Check the system requirements to make sure you can run W10 without any issues.

If you want to upgrade Windows 7 to the latest operating system, just follow these steps to install a legit copy of Windows 10 on your machine. The process to download Windows 10 for free has remained the same over the years. How to upgrade Windows 7 and download Windows 10 for free (the official, valid way) But, the official, free upgrade offer still remains valid. Since the deadline is just a few months away, multiple ads have started suggesting users to buy a copy of Windows 10. End of service deadline for Windows 7 is on Januafter which the operating system will stop getting updates from Microsoft. However, as we continued to confirm months and years after that deadline, Microsoft kept allowing users to download the latest Windows version for free. KB5007262 Is Rolling Out for Windows 11 Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels with a Long List of Fixes

The offer was 'officially' valid for one year, ending on July 29, 2016. After the launch of Windows 10 in 2015, Microsoft had offered users to download Windows 10 for free and upgrade Windows 7 to the newer operating system. Yep, the free Windows 10 upgrade offer is still valid.

Originally published on September 23, 2019

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