Windows 10 free upgrades stop tomorrow
Microsoft has a new way of trying to get Windows 10 onto your computer, whether you want it or not. Users of Windows 7 and 8.1 have become familiar with -- jaded by, even -- the insistent, seemingly daily popups urging them to "GetWindows 10." Those messages have started taking a more aggressive turn. But now Microsoft is changing its policy and drawing its free Windows 10 upgrade period to an end tomorrow, marking a year since the OS first went on sale. If you don't update before that deadline, you also won't get the planned anniversary update included for free either, which is due for release on 2nd August.
Also, Microsoft announced that last month 350 million have already jumped across to Windows 10 and that figure has likely seen a late surge with tomorrow's deadline approaching. The official deadline for the free upgrade is 11:59pm UTC-10 and its equivalent in the respective time zones. The UK is UTC-0, or simply UTC. For example, the west coast of North America will have until 2:59am on July 30, New York and the eastern seaboard have until 5:59am and Londoners have until 10:59am tomorrow.
Unfortunately , the free upgrade offer isn't available for devices running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Enterprise editions of Windows and Microsoft has warned that not every device eligible for upgrade will run every feature of Windows 10.
Instructions on how to download and upgrade to Windows 10 are available from Microsoft's official support pages, as well as more information about eligibility.
Via: | The Verge |
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Image Credit: | ITPro |
