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#TECH UTILITIES LICENSE KEY 2015 INSTALL#

#TECH UTILITIES LICENSE KEY 2015 INSTALL#

Download and install any available BIOS updates for your hardware this step is especially important for systems that were originally sold in 2015 or earlier, before the release of Windows 10.Check for any recent driver updates, especially for network and storage hardware.

This is especially important if you recently reinstalled Windows.

Confirm that your copy of Windows is properly activated.

If you have a PC running a "genuine" copy of Windows 7/8/8.1 (Windows 7 Home, Pro, or Ultimate edition, or Windows 8.x Home or Business, properly licensed and activated), you can follow the same steps I did to install Windows 10 as an upgrade.īefore getting started, I recommend a few preliminary tasks that can head off potential problems:

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One digital license, no product key required. Imagine my surprise when, instead, I was greeted with this screen. The free upgrade offer had just ended, and when I downloaded the Windows 10 upgrade tool and ran it on an old Windows 7 PC, I fully expected that the upgrade would fail activation and I'd be asked for a product key. I wrote and published the first version of this post in early 2017, several months after Microsoft's initial free upgrade offer ended. I'll also talk about the licensing issues involved, which are (as always) confusing.

#TECH UTILITIES LICENSE KEY 2015 HOW TO#

In this post, I'll cover the basics of how to install Windows 10 as an upgrade on older hardware. (For details, see "How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro without hassles.") That can save you as much as $100 in OEM upgrade charges if you buy a new PC with Windows 10 Home preinstalled. You can also still upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro by using a product key from a previous business edition of Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 (Pro/Ultimate). And it could be a great relief to your budget if you're required to work from home (or go to school via remote sessions) and you need to take an old PC out of storage and get up to speed quickly.Īlso: Windows 11 FAQ: Here's everything you need to know That upgrade is more important than ever, now that support for Windows 7 has officially ended. Here are ZDNet's current top picks for a variety of use cases.