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Never was able to "...get Windows 10 for free!"
Now, back when Microsoft was giving away Windows 10 for free...
I ran the program and reserved my copy. The "Get Windows 10" program said that my copy was all reserved and all I had to dow was ...wait. The expiration date came and went. I wasn't really too worried, I just figured there was a backlog and they would get around to it when they could. After much waiting I talked to people I knew who built computers and installed operating systems (which I have done too), contacted support, and nobody seemed to really know what had happened. The only advice I got was "something must have gone wrong." Helpful! Eventually I just hit a dead end. The upgrade never arrived.
Windows 7 is great and I really like it. However, for the first time I am starting to get problems because many of the programs I use won't upgrade because they don't update them for Windows 7. So I started thinking about Windows 10 (or 11). Now that seems like a pretty costly option because I paid for my full-install version of Windows 7 and now I don't see why I should have to go out and pay again, especially after being promised by Microsoft that Windows 10 was on the way "for free!"
Microsoft seems to offer two solutions... buy Windows 10, or buy a new computer. There doesn't seem to be any way to hold Microsoft to their promise. What is the cheapest way to get Windows 10 and keep it as transferable as my Windows 7 currently is? If I bought a Windows 10 upgrade, I believe it would take over my Windows 7 serial number, but would my (now Windows 10) installation be transferable to a new computer when I upgrade? After all, I bought it as a full-install program, or would it be tied to the machine I now have? It seems I had to pay for Windows 7 once, and now have to buy Windows 10 in addition and I'm not even sure if that would be considered a full-install version of Windows. What are my best options?
And yes, Microsoft is still promising me that Windows 10 is on the way. Their confirmation of my reservation is still there. According to them, it's "All done for now" and there's "nothing else" I "need to do."
Any help would be appreciated!