[SOLVED] upgrade to windows 10 on old windows7 desktop

toha409

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Mar 12, 2017
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hello

currently running windows7 on an older 2012 dell inspiron 64bit with 6gb ram (i3-2120 3.3ghz)
i hear it is still possible to upgrade to 10 for free somehow.

is this worth it or likely to cause frustrations?
thanks
 

USAFRet

Titan
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just the standard 1tb OS drive
and an extra installed backup drive

is the microsoft account really necessary?
Yes. That is what controls the OS license.

It does NOT have to be used all the time.
My systems have an MS account, a local Admin, and a local Standard user.
The MS account is only used if I need to work with the license, or download/install something from the MS Store.