Question Is upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 permanently free?

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MaxT2 said:
Can you explain please?
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The Upgrade from Win 7 and 8 to Win 10 was free. Not a workaround, not a loophole...legit free from Microsoft.
Until it wasn't.

And that was the first time such an Upgrade was $0. Previously (XP/Vista/whatever)...there was a fee to Upgrade.


The Upgrade from 10 to 11 is Free.
And presumably from 10 and 11 to Win 12, whenever that is.
 
USAFRet said:
The Upgrade from Win 7 and 8 to Win 10 was free. Not a workaround, not a loophole...legit free from Microsoft.
Until it wasn't.
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Well, if you stumble on my other recent posts, there seems to be a loophole after some time. Because the computers I upgraded for free from Windows 7 Ultimate Retail to Windows 10 Pro, ... now that I'm thinking of completely upgrade some computer, I realised that they have a license that can't be moved to other computer and I'm not sure yet if they can be upgraded to Win 11 Pro. So it seems like they lost some of their initial "Retail" benefits (not sure yet to what extent).
 
MaxT2 said:
Well, if you stumble on my other recent posts, there seems to be a loophole after some time. Because the computers I upgraded for free from Windows 7 Ultimate Retail to Windows 10 Pro, ... now that I'm thinking of completely upgrade some computer, I realised that they have a license that can't be moved to other computer and I'm not sure yet if they can be upgraded to Win 11 Pro. So it seems like they lost some of their initial "Retail" benefits (not sure yet to what extent).
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How are you sure that it cannot be transferred to a different PC, or Upgraded to Win 11?
 
USAFRet said:
How are you sure that it cannot be transferred to a different PC, or Upgraded to Win 11?
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I am not, I actually came here asking questions about this (on other thread). And guesses are that if I don't want to use a Microsoft Account, it will be impossible, and if I use one, it's not guaranteed to work. (Someone even mentionened Win 11 licenses that came from Win 7 to Win 10 upgrades that got un-activated afterwards.)
 
MaxT2 said:
I am not, I actually came here asking questions about this (on other thread). And guesses are that if I don't want to use a Microsoft Account, it will be impossible, and if I use one, it's not guaranteed to work. (Someone even mentionened Win 11 licenses that came from Win 7 to Win 10 upgrades that got un-activated afterwards.)
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There have been a few rare unexplained cases of "valid" Win 10/11 licenses becoming deactivated.
No one knows why, and MS basically says "So sad, too bad'.

Has not happened to any of my systems.
And some of those started as Win 7, years and years ago.


But...via your MS account, your operation may well/probably will work.
Can't know until you try.


People seem to have an irrational, IMHO, fear of an MS license.
My systems are linked to my MS account. And that account is used only for license activation issues. Daily ops is via local Standard and local Admin users.
On my main system, I've not logged into the MS account in....many months. Possibly not even this year.

Bonus...my "MS account" is not even 'me@outlook.com' or @microsoft.com.
It is literally a little used gmail address. Yes, really.
 
USAFRet said:
People seem to have an irrational, IMHO, fear of an MS license.
My systems are linked to my MS account. And that account is used only for license activation issues. Daily ops is via local Standard and local Admin users.
On my main system, I've not logged into the MS account in....many months. Possibly not even this year.
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Other than privacy concerns people may have, and disliking having the system assume/decide things that you used to have control on before... And generally thinking that even when it's not too disturbing at some point in time, it's a step in the direction where the user gets controlled/loses control...
I have a weird memories of "MS-linked-Windows harassing me to setup OneDrive and Non-linked-Windows being quieter about that... (I can't remember if they're based or not or not anymore.)

USAFRet said:
Bonus...my "MS account" is not even 'me@outlook.com' or @microsoft.com.
It is literally a little used gmail address. Yes, really.
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Mine is on a custom domain name I own.
 
MaxT2 said:
Other than privacy concerns people may have, and disliking having the system assume/decide things that you used to have control on before
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And thats why one does not use the MS account for daily ops.

If you DO use that, yes, it will beg to sync to OneDrive, sync your settings across all systems, etc, etc blah de blah...
 
USAFRet said:
If you DO use that, yes, it will beg to sync to OneDrive, sync your settings across all systems, etc, etc blah de blah...
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That single reason is enough for me :)

(Now, I just remembered, I think we already had conversation with you on this forum, long time ago, about linked-MS-accounts-avoidance...)
 
MaxT2 said:
That single reason is enough for me :)

(Now, I just remembered, I think we already had conversation with you on this forum, long time ago, about linked-MS-accounts-avoidance...)
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Same here.
Thats why my "MS account' is rarely used, and only for conditions like managing the license/activation.

Otherwise, not at all.
 
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