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    Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @dafyre
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      @dafyre said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

      I heard that the Win10 Enterprise is going to have a subscription model (did I get that off of SW somewhere?)...

      Is that going to filter down to the Home version as well?

      I really doubt that. That would be the end of Windows. No home user is going to pay for that. Windows has always been included with their PCs, they've never paid for an OS before and they hate Windows 10. Making them pay for it now would go totally against everything that Microsoft has been doing and would totally undermine their adoption efforts. It would take them right back to where they were a year ago and undo all the ground that they just covered.

      It's possible, but I'd put it at "no realistic chance" unless Ballmer returns to the helm just to throw his fortunes away.

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      • Mike DavisM
        Mike Davis
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        I upgraded 7 32bit to 10 and then wiped the machine and installed 64 bit Windows 10 and it prompted for the original Windows 7 key and installed and activated.

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        • Mike DavisM
          Mike Davis @Mike Davis
          last edited by

          For my other 7 machines I think I'm going to take a spare SSD and install 10 on them and then put my 7 drive back in once it has activated.

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          • MattSpellerM
            MattSpeller @Mike Davis
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            @Mike-Davis said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

            I upgraded 7 32bit to 10 and then wiped the machine and installed 64 bit Windows 10 and it prompted for the original Windows 7 key and installed and activated.

            Once you have the media you don't need to upgrade first. Just slap the win7 key into the 10 installer and away you go.

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            • BRRABillB
              BRRABill @MattSpeller
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              @MattSpeller said

              Once you have the media you don't need to upgrade first. Just slap the win7 key into the 10 installer and away you go.

              After the free period is the concern, I think.

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              • BRRABillB
                BRRABill @Mike Davis
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                @Mike-Davis said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                I upgraded 7 32bit to 10 and then wiped the machine and installed 64 bit Windows 10 and it prompted for the original Windows 7 key and installed and activated.

                With the latest version you don't have to do that. You can clean install with a Win7/8 key.

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                • Mike DavisM
                  Mike Davis @BRRABill
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                  @BRRABill I was more concerned with if it would give you a hard time if you originally activated it with 32bit Windows and then tried to activate after installing 64 bit. I figured with so many of the drivers changing it might detect it was running on different hardware.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill @Mike Davis
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                    @Mike-Davis said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                    @BRRABill I was more concerned with if it would give you a hard time if you originally activated it with 32bit Windows and then tried to activate after installing 64 bit. I figured with so many of the drivers changing it might detect it was running on different hardware.

                    Yeah, who knows what it is going to do...

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                    • Mike DavisM
                      Mike Davis @BRRABill
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                      @BRRABill said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                      @Mike-Davis said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                      @BRRABill I was more concerned with if it would give you a hard time if you originally activated it with 32bit Windows and then tried to activate after installing 64 bit. I figured with so many of the drivers changing it might detect it was running on different hardware.

                      Yeah, who knows what it is going to do...

                      Well that worked. I also removed a stick of RAM and put in a SSD in place of the spinning disk of rust and it activated as well. Unfortunately with all hardware integrated in to the motherboard, that's about all I can swap out on this system. Oh well, it answers a couple questions.

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                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @Mike Davis
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                        @Mike-Davis said

                        Well that worked. I also removed a stick of RAM and put in a SSD in place of the spinning disk of rust and it activated as well. Unfortunately with all hardware integrated in to the motherboard, that's about all I can swap out on this system. Oh well, it answers a couple questions.

                        When you did this, did it say it wasn't activated?

                        Or were you hoping it WAS activated?

                        I am still trying to figure out a way to "upgrade" all my Windows 8 FPP licenses to Windows 10, just so I have them when the time is right.

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                        • Mike DavisM
                          Mike Davis @BRRABill
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                          @BRRABill said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                          @Mike-Davis said

                          Well that worked. I also removed a stick of RAM and put in a SSD in place of the spinning disk of rust and it activated as well. Unfortunately with all hardware integrated in to the motherboard, that's about all I can swap out on this system. Oh well, it answers a couple questions.

                          When you did this, did it say it wasn't activated?

                          Or were you hoping it WAS activated?

                          I am still trying to figure out a way to "upgrade" all my Windows 8 FPP licenses to Windows 10, just so I have them when the time is right.

                          It did activate. I could try the key on a totally different hardware platform, but I think others have done that and it failed.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            I'm about to do a full bare metal install 😞

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                              I'm about to do a full bare metal install 😞

                              Did you say goodbye to the rest of the family for the night?

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

                                I'm about to do a full bare metal install 😞

                                Did you say goodbye to the rest of the family for the night?

                                The wife is off on a three day sorority bender... I mean retreat, for the weekend already.

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