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Not a widely known fact, but if you use any accessibility features of windows or need them, you can upgrade to Windows 10 for free at least until December 31st of 2017.
As a precaution, if you're considering it, besure to visit your computer manufacturer's support site and make sure your bios and drivers are up to date. You might also create installation media for your current OS in case you want to revert.
Then point your web browser to www.microsoft.com/accessibility/windows10upgrade and click through the buttons/agreements, it will do an OS/hardware check to verify you qualify. The download is about 3GB, so be prepared to wait a while. I have reasonably fast internet and it was only about 30 - 40 minutes total to do the upgrade on a windows 8.1 pc.
I've also heard that the Accessibility site is only changing, they are still planning to offer the free upgrade after the first of the year.
As a precaution, if you're considering it, besure to visit your computer manufacturer's support site and make sure your bios and drivers are up to date. You might also create installation media for your current OS in case you want to revert.
Then point your web browser to www.microsoft.com/accessibility/windows10upgrade and click through the buttons/agreements, it will do an OS/hardware check to verify you qualify. The download is about 3GB, so be prepared to wait a while. I have reasonably fast internet and it was only about 30 - 40 minutes total to do the upgrade on a windows 8.1 pc.
I've also heard that the Accessibility site is only changing, they are still planning to offer the free upgrade after the first of the year.
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