Switching on the PC (yes, I do occasionally switch off the PC) today, 1st
June, was a pleasant surprise. On the taskbar was a new icon –a white Windows
10 like logo, with a toolbar tip to ‘Get Windows 10’. That was curious as the
grapevine is that the Windows 10 is scheduled for a late July 2015 release.
Piqued, I right-clicked the warning and selected the ‘Get Windows 10’
option.
An on screen pop-up opened to inform me that ‘All done for now’, and my FREE copy of Windows 10 is ‘reserved’ and that I will be notified once it is ready for download. Poking into the pop-up revealed further information like:
BTW, here are some technical pointers to the offer.
An on screen pop-up opened to inform me that ‘All done for now’, and my FREE copy of Windows 10 is ‘reserved’ and that I will be notified once it is ready for download. Poking into the pop-up revealed further information like:
- Reserve your FREE upgrade to Windows 10 now. It will download once available, and you can cancel your reservation at any time.
- You’ll get a notification after Windows 10 is downloaded to your device. Install it right away or pick a time that’s good for you.
- After it’s install, Windows 10 is all yours.
- A note at the bottom explains that the upgrade is free, that it’s not a trial, and that it is a full version of Windows 10, but it is a limited period offer. You also require 3GB Disk Space for the download and access to Internet.
BTW, here are some technical pointers to the offer.
- This upgrade offer will only appear on PCs running either Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 but not on machines running Windows 8.
- Even on the Windows 7 SP1 and 8.1 machines, KB3035583 needs to be installed, as that update is responsible for this upgrade offer to show up.
- There are also other requirements like locale, language, and whether the OS is fully up-to-date which will determine whether you get the Windows 10 for Free offer.
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