Question Question about upgrading to Windows 10

[SLR2009]

Hi, I have an older PC currently running Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium. I would like to upgrade to Windows 10 64 bit Home Premium and do a clean install. I only see the OEM Version for sale on the stores. Can I use an OEM Windows 10 License to activate my PC? Thanks

 

[punkncat]

I don't know for sure, but for a long time the 7 key could be used to activate a like version of W10. Might try it first just to see if it still works. I haven't tried specifically with 10 in some years now.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi, I have an older PC currently running Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium. I would like to upgrade to Windows 10 64 bit Home Premium and do a clean install. I only see the OEM Version for sale on the stores. Can I use an OEM Windows 10 License to activate my PC? Thanks

Your existing Win 7 license key should activate a new Win 10 Home install.

 

[BFG-9000]

You can still upgrade an activated Win7 installation to Win10 for free. Just run the setup from the Win7 desktop and don't enter any key--it should activate itself after connecting to the internet. Once Win10 is activated on that machine, then you can perform as many clean installs as you like afterwards forevermore and each time it will activate itself because the activation info is stored in the cloud.

Thing is, if you have an OEM machine (like Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc) then Win7 was originally activated with a SLIC table meaning your CD-Key on the sticker may never have been used so you should avoid wasting it, by doing an upgrade install first. Then you could use it in the future to install Windows 10 on another machine later, even one that isn't Windows 7 compatible.