Microsoft Support for Windows 7 Is Ending Next Month

From the article:

>The first option is to buy the Windows 10 upgrade. The second option is to purchase an Office 365 subscription, which comes with a Windows 10 upgrade included.

I am not sure if this still works so I would not use this in a business environment without consulting a Windows licensing expert. Also someone who deals with licensing on Windows devices could probably clarify why this option shouldn't be done.

With all that said, as of 2 months ago I ran the windows 10 media creation tool on a personal computer with Windows 7 Pro installed. This allowed me to upgraded the PC to windows 10 and retain all apps/personal files for free. Now the computer has Windows 10 Pro, and the license activated and appears valid.

I do not want to advocate doing something illegal or get someone in licensing problems, I just wanted to make people aware that running the Media Creation tool on a PC with a valid Win 7 install will upgrade it to Windows 10 and appear valid/activated when finished.