{"id":231,"date":"2015-06-01T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rumohr.com\/blog\/?p=231"},"modified":"2021-03-18T07:06:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:06:39","slug":"windows-10-free-upgrades-starting-july-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rumohr.com\/blog\/windows-10-free-upgrades-starting-july-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 free upgrades starting July 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 10 upgrade will be available for install starting July 29, and that the upgrade will be free for existing users of Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 SP1 for a period of one year. \u00a0Microsoft has also created a quirky system to &#8220;reserve&#8221; your upgrade download.<\/p>\n<p>The Windows team has put up the page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows\/windows-10-upgrade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upgrade to Windows 10 for free<\/a>\u00a0describing how the process will work.<\/p>\n<p>According to the site, Microsoft will use the Windows Update mechanism to determine whether your machine can run Windows 10, then push a new icon to your taskbar, as shown below. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t see it and want to force the issue, fire up the Windows Update control panel, or check out <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3035583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB3035583<\/a>. \u00a0The KnowledgeBase notes slyly say that it provides &#8220;new notification capabilities for Windows Update&#8221;, but says nothing else.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rumohr.com\/blog\/windows-10-free-upgrades-starting-july-29\/get-windows-10-tray-icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png?fit=302%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,147\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Get-Windows-10-tray-icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png?fit=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png?fit=302%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon-300x146.png?resize=300%2C146\" alt=\"Get-Windows-10-tray-icon\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png?resize=82%2C40&amp;ssl=1 82w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Get-Windows-10-tray-icon.png?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clicking on this will pop up a window giving you more information on the process, and the button to click to reserve your free upgrade:<\/p>\n<p><a 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data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-this-free-upgrade-works.png?fit=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-this-free-upgrade-works.png?fit=1024%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-233 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-this-free-upgrade-works-1024x665.png?resize=760%2C494\" alt=\"How-this-free-upgrade-works\" width=\"760\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-this-free-upgrade-works.png?resize=1024%2C665&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rumohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-this-free-upgrade-works.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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