Windows 10: Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free

Discus and support Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; I think that you should be able to upgrade from the TP to the RTM regardless of the other OS's on your PC.. but I'm guessing at this point. Well,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by BunnyJ, May 10, 2015.

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  1. WPTSKI
    wptski Win User

    Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free


    Well, previously it was stated that there would be a free upgrade to W10 to anyone for the life of the machine which sounds like replacement of your current OS. I must keep W7 and even have some apps that only run on XP!
     
    wptski, May 10, 2015
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  2. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2015
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  3. F14TOMCAT
    f14tomcat Win User
    Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free [​IMG]
     
    f14tomcat, May 10, 2015
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  4. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member

    Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free

    The free upgrade was for one year after the RTM not for the lifetime of the device. That was for upgrades after the upgrade to Win10. With this you don't have to replace Win7 to get a free copy of Win10. You can go directly from Win10TP to the RTM and keep Win7.
     
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2015
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  5. F14TOMCAT
    f14tomcat Win User
    f14tomcat, May 10, 2015
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  6. GARY
    Gary Win User
    There are others than insider builds on Windows Update, at least there were. Does this mean that once you are a member all Builds from WU will be Insider Builds?
     
    Gary, May 10, 2015
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  7. WPTSKI
    wptski Win User
    There was "something" about the lifetime of the device in that statement though. I haven't been following that much since I'm unable to "upgrade" past build 9926. Does one get a key the W10 RTM??
     
    wptski, May 10, 2015
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  8. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member

    Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free

    No word on a key but I suspect that one will be handed out. The lifetime for the device is for future updates to Win10 after the RTM occurs.
     
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2015
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  9. LITTLEJAY
    LittleJay Win User
    LittleJay, May 10, 2015
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  10. GZT7D8
    gzt7d8 Win User
    So how is this going to play out when RTM is available? Do I go to my Win 8.1 side and get the "free" upgrade or do I take it from the current Build side? And if I take it from the 8.1 side, how do they know I'm an Insider?

    I'm curious what the steps will be so we don't lose the version that they are making available to us.
     
    gzt7d8, May 10, 2015
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  11. MALTESESPACE
    Maltesespace Win User
    The way i'm seeing it play out is you upgrade from TP to RTM from the TP side of a dual boot, then from there get the ESD for it and make an ISO to clean install RTM, then you get a key somehow (maybe using something like Magic Jellybean?) out of the OS, and that's your key and you have a license of 10 RTM.

    If you upgrade from the Win7/8.1 side of a dual boot then you lose your 7/8.1 license. Thats what I understand of it.

    Time to purchase a license of 8.1 Pro (i've just been using OEM 8.1 Core licenses that came with my PCs) so I have retail 8.1 and 7, and i'm a student so get the discount, and get 10 TP installed on my main machine in a dual boot with 7, so then I have 10 licenses for both PCs. *Biggrin

    Great news!!
     
    Maltesespace, May 10, 2015
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  12. LEHNERUS2000
    lehnerus2000 Win User
    I wonder how long we will have to "claim" our free copy?
    My current motherboard is 5 years old, so it will probably die a few minutes after installing W10 on it. *cry
     
    lehnerus2000, May 10, 2015
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  13. LABEEMAN
    labeeman Win User

    Windows Insiders will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 RTM for free

    Probably 10 ms.LOL
     
    labeeman, May 10, 2015
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  14. DAVEHC
    davehc Win User
    Abe did follow his first comment up with:

    "You'll have to be upgrading from a system with a valid license for 7 or 8.x."

    And it looks like it must be done within one year.
     
    davehc, May 10, 2015
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  15. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member
    That does clear it up.. upgrade from the TP to the RTM using a valid license.,
     
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2015
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