Windows 10: Ensure you get FREE updates before New years day

Yes, I used the latest, 16299.15 FCU 1709 ISO. Mounted it under Win 8.1, ran update.exe.

 

That's one of the PRIMARY reasons I waited, and waited, and waited some more until I attempted to upgrade my OEM PCs from
Windows 7 to Windows 10. I figured that with the combination of high volumes of upgrades occurring, and Window 10 in an early form there would be PLENTY of issues, issues that could create serious issues for what where then perfectly operating systems. Of course there were plenty of teething issues with those upgrades, I finally upgraded before the end of the year 2017 and had NO issues upgrading a
very compatible Acer from 2014, and a less compatible HP Pavilion (both desktops) from 2009. Both upgraded 100% fine with no problems.
I was concerned with the HP because it came with a HD5400 Radeon graphics card and I've heard there have been issues with this and incompatible driver. I update my driver BEFORE upgrading to 10 and things went fine.

 

Well the websites been updated but as mentioned all the normal activation mechanisms work with the normal Windows 10 Media Creation Tool.

 

To be pedantic MS stopped the free upgrade (for non Assistive Technology users) 29th July 2016.

Sure it works today but it might stop tomorrow or next week. My guess is never but I've been wrong before.

Only an incompetent liar would claim Assistive Technology to get a free upgrade (I'm excluding genuine Assistive technology users here) as the normal upgrade still (for whatever reason) works.

Sort of like a non blue badge holder parking in a disabled space when there was an empty one right next to it.