Source: www.inquisitr.com --- Friday, December 30, 2016
Windows 10 “Free Upgrade Program” meant for computers running Windows 7 or 8 might have ended long back on July 29, but surprisingly, there are a few tricks that older Operating System (OS) users can still use to safely and legally update their PCs to the latest offering from Microsoft. Microsoft was to officially terminate the Windows 10 free upgrade program on July 29, and it did. July 29 was supposed to be the last date any PC user still holding onto their Windows 7 or 8 OS could make the jump to Windows 10. However, as expected, millions of users chose to unwaveringly stay loyal to their officially discontinued OS after reading several reports of unexpected behavior by the computers that were updated to Windows 10 or other stories that aimed to scare people into continuing with their old OS. Although July 29 may have come and gone, and with the number of PCs running Windows 10 continuing to gradually rise, there are millions of computers that still run Windows 7 and thousands that run Windows 8. [Image by Sasha Haagensen/Getty Images] With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update promising to do away with alleged random crashes, freezes, misbehaviors, and other unacceptable performance from a PC, the OS appears to be a reliable upgrade and a safe bet as compared to the situation just a few months back. Microsoft claims there are 400 million devices that actively run on Windows 10. However, there are still a lot of Windows 7 and 8 PC ...
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