Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

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Cakedaddy
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They say you can still get Windows 10 for free by registering it with your windows 7/8 key.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/14/2106 ... 10-free-os

I will be trying this sooner rather than later. I'd like to avoid buying it if I can. And I need it to be able to tether my VR gear anyway.

FUCK I hate how invasive EVERY piece of tech I have is.

Feel free to move this to Windows 10 if you want. I posted it here because I think we all have 7 and it's dying, so, free upgrade is a trick?

No, it's a tip. You can upgrade 7 for free.
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I literally started an upgrade on this laptop 20 minutes ago. No word on if it works, yet.

Was going off that exact link.
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Had an errand to run before it was done DLing, but then it started install, and it's been "working on updates" for 45 minutes, and is at 21%.
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27%. I wish they'd replace their download with an updated image from time to time, to avoid this.
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Seems to have worked. And, it installed Win10 Pro. Says key is valid and activated, and all it had was the Win7 key.
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I'm gonna un-sticky this, too.
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