win7 - win10 licensing question

[Deleted member 178]

Does anyone did a direct upgrade from Win7 to Win10 CU via the ISO?
Does the win7 license was taken care of ? or i still need a normal online upgrade first?

 

[AtlBo]

It worked for me. I used the key on the case of the PC to upgrade during the end days of the free upgrade period. Ended up reverting back to W7, which was better for me, but I can still upgrade on the machines I upgraded and reverted any time as I understand things.

 

[BoraMurdar]

Yes, you can

License keys for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 can be used to activate a fresh copy of the Windows 10 Creators Update, even if Microsoft has "officially" stopped offering free upgrades to Windows 10 back in the summer of 2016.

 

[Deleted member 178]

ok good , so i will clean install win10 via the iso. thanks all.

 

[SHvFl]

ok good , so i will clean install Windows 10 via the iso. thanks all.

Wait. In order to do the free upgrade you need to use the assistive thingy. Google it. The normal free upgrade thing doesn't work anymore.
Accessibility at Microsoft

 

[DJ Panda]

Yep did it myself with one of my old Windows 7 Laptops. Works a lot smoother on 10 then it was on 7 all the years.

 

[Deleted member 178]

ok thx

 

[Deleted member 178]

Yep did it myself with one of my old Windows 7 Laptops. Works a lot smoother on 10 then it was on 7 all the years.

which method?

 

[DJ Panda]

which method?

The ISO version.

 

[simmerskool]

The ISO version.

related question (perhaps) I put win7 as guest in virtualbox using DVD that came with my hardware. MS is asking for me to activate win7 in vbox. if I send the code from DVD will MS accept it as being on the same hardware or bork vbox and the pc??

 

[DJ Panda]

related question (perhaps) I put Windows 7 as guest in virtualbox using DVD that came with my hardware. MS is asking for me to activate Windows 7 in vbox. if I send the code from DVD will MS accept it as being on the same hardware or bork vbox and the pc??

If you use a code that has not been used or has been deactivated off the old computer it should work in a VM. However, if the VM gets deleted the key might be counted as "used up" or something.

 

[frogboy]

Does anyone did a direct upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 CU via the ISO?
Does the Windows 7 license was taken care of ? or i still need a normal online upgrade first?

Yes I did upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

 

[simmerskool]

If you use a code that has not been used or has been deactivated off the old computer it should work in a VM. However, if the VM gets deleted the key might be counted as "used up" or something.

ok thanks for your feedback