Windows 10: October 14th, 2025 Winner: Windows 10 Windows 7 Service Pack 1: January 14th, 2020 The extended support cut-off dates for Windows are as follows:

Luckily for all three of our operating systems here, you have several years before you'll even need to think about switching away from them. After downloading the ISO image of Windows 10, create a bootable USB to install Windows 10 from USB flash drive.Still, it's important to have your affairs in order and a plan to switch ready to go. Those of you who can’t wait for the RTM build of Windows 10 can download and install the latest preview build. At this stage, there is no additional information available about the upgrade offer for non-genuine users. That said, Microsoft will also offer very attractive Windows 10 upgrade offers to non-genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. In simple words, one can’t get genuine copy of Windows 10 by upgrading pirated Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 installation to Windows 10. In other words, if you have pirated Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you’ll be able to upgrade to Windows 10 but the license will continue to remain non-genuine. However, as with the case of previous versions, people running pirated copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10.

As per the official Windows Blog, users who have non-genuine or pirated copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will not be allowed to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Upgrading to Windows 10 from pirated Windows 7/8.1Īlthough most computer users are running genuine Windows 7/8.1, there are millions of users who are using non-genuine or pirated Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 for variety of reasons.

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