Some clarification on the "free" Win 10 upgrade please

[grindy]

I have a friend who bought a retail Win 7 Home Premium "upgrade", and used it to go to Win 7 from XP a couple of years back.

He asked me if he qualified for the free Win 10 upgrade, and I said yes (but then I'd not seen anything that says one way or the other regarding Win 7 upgrades...

So, can somebody point me to a resource that says yes or no?

Thanks

 

[marsmimar]

According to Microsoft the only requirements to upgrade to Windows 10 are:

The only requirements are that a) your device is compatible, and b) you’re running genuine Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows 8.1 (Update).

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq

To check for compatibility have your friend check out this tutorial from our sister site Ten Forums:

Get Windows 10 app - Check Compatibility Report for Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums