![]() “We have received a lot of feedback from Insiders on making it easier to activate Windows 10 on devices that take advantage of the free upgrade offer to genuine Windows by using existing Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 product keys. Here’s how Microsoft describes the change. To be clear, this is not how this system is supposed to work. But many times it does not, and when customers contacted Microsoft support, they were told they would have to install the old OS again, and then upgrade again. This is a major change, and one that I think will address an issue that I and many other upgraders have experienced: That is, when you clean install Windows 10 after have already upgraded (from Windows 7 or 8.1), it is supposed to auto-activate. But what I’m particularly excited about is a major change to product activation: With this build, Microsoft will now let customers enter a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 product key to activate Windows 10. ![]() Today, Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 build for Windows Insiders, and Brad has a full write-up about what’s new. ![]()
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