If You Want Windows 10, Get a Windows 7/8.1 PC, Already
It’s hard to tell who is more frustrated at this point: Microsoft, which has been trying to simplify the upgrade process to Windows 10 as much as possible; or users, who don’t believe it could be that easy.
On Friday, Microsoft’s Gabe Aul tried to explain that users would need a Microsoft account to upgrade to the latest Windows 10 preview builds, as well as the RTM version, which will be released on July 29. Implicit in that post was the assumption that users would upgrade from a genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC to Windows 10 via the Windows Insider program.
Some users apparently believe they might be able to upgrade a Windows XP or Windows Vista PC to Windows 10, however, simply by upgrading to Windows 10 from a Windows 10 ISO file before the Insider program expires. That is not true, Aul said. “Friday’s post was intended to clarify how the Windows Insider Program will proceed, and in attempting to do so created some unintended confusion,” Aul wrote on Monday, in what was essentially a do-over.
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