[dayglored]

We've heard that Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 to folks with illegitimate copies of older versions. Maybe not so...

[dayglored]

Windows 10 for free even if you're a Pirate??? Not so, perhaps ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Texas Fossil]

My son has a Dell all in one computer that was plagued with malware. He did not buy it new, but it had a valid Windows 7 case badge on it. I tried to repair it from the hard drive, tried to put it back in factory install condition and it failed.

Prior that that I used every malware removal tool I knew about and could not whip the monsters out of it.

So, I downloaded a Windows install CD from Microsoft and tried to repair the install, that failed. So I reinstalled windows and used the Microsoft number from the label on the case. It seemed to work fine until about a week later I was notified it was not eligible for a reinstall. Headshake.

I had already found and fixed all the driver issues from the Dell website.

Now my son and I are discussing whether to pay Microshaft for the Windows 7 OS, buy a newer Microsoft OS or simply install Linux Lite on it.

I lean toward the latter, but my son has never used Linux.

It has not been used since I got the notification from MicroSoft.

Any suggestions?

[Alas Babylon!]

Why would conservatives on a conservative site expect a private business to give them anything for free?

It’s an operating system, made by a company that needs to make a profit or die. Naturally they’d sell it. The fact that a genuine user of an older operating system can get the latest for free is a very good deal!

Those who have pirated copies shouldn’t get a good deal, should they?

[Dalberg-Acton]

Waaaay back when Windows 3.1 was out, they didn’t care HOW you got it. They even provided free 1-800 phone help, based in the USA, staffed by Americans and they didn’t ask how you got it.
That’s how they built a benevolent monopoly.

[amigatec]

"Non-Genuine Windows has a high risk of malware, fraud, public exposure of your personal information, and a higher risk for poor performance or feature malfunctions," Myserson said. "Non-Genuine Windows is not supported by Microsoft or a trusted partner."

Sounds like regular Windows to me.

Just give it time the pirate copies will be out in no time.

[Paladin2]

Does 10.0 have more code or less code? Does it boot faster? Shut down faster. Have more DRM? Give you more control over your own hardware?

[mlo]

You can install the Windows 10 preview for free and then when the final release comes out it will update to that for free.

[max americana]

Oh please. You can get anything on the torrents. As a matter of fact, I actually don’t know of anyone who actually BOUGHT Adobe Photoshop.