To upgrade from windows 10 home to windows 10 pro and activate your device you ll need a valid product key or a digital license for windows 10 pro.
How to update windows 10 in laptop for free.
Back when windows 10 was first released microsoft allowed users of windows 7 or windows 8 1 to upgrade to windows 10 for free.
Select a category to see names of devices then right click or press and hold the one you d like to update.
Free windows 10 upgrades are still available.
Select search automatically for updated driver software.
Yes this is no joke.
Assuming you re using a windows pc with a genuine and activated windows 7 or windows 8 key you can upgrade to windows 10 in just a few clicks.
How to upgrade to windows 10 for free.
For more info about how to keep your pc updated see windows update.
Support for windows 7 ended in january which means microsoft wants holdouts to upgrade to windows 10 to keep devices running securely and smoothly.
Despite microsoft ending its free windows 10 upgrade offer to all users on july 30 2016 the company has in my.
In either case the upgrade takes just a few minutes.
Before upgrading to windows 10 pro make sure your device is up to date and running the most recent version of windows 10 home.
Find a copy of windows 7 8 or 8 1 as you ll need the key later.
If windows doesn t find a new driver you can try looking for one on the device manufacturer s website and follow their instructions.
If you don t have one lying.
This could also be the case if you took advantage of the free windows 10 upgrade offer on a pc running a home edition of windows 7 or windows 8 x.
If you have an older pc or laptop still running.
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Read our guide to prepare for the end of windows 7.
How the free upgrade works.