No more free upgrades for Windows 7 and 8 users, says Microsoft

Anybody seeking to lastly improve to Home windows 11 from Home windows 7 and eight is out of luck, as Microsoft has introduced that it’s ending free upgrades for these nonetheless working the outdated working programs.

The announcement by Microsoft was posted quietly on the Windows Machine Companion Heart, a enterprise hub for technical gross sales and advertising and marketing sources for different companies and companies. Inside the publish, Microsoft iterated, “Microsoft’s free improve supply for Home windows 10/11 ended July 29, 2016. The set up path to acquire the Home windows 7/8 free improve is now eliminated as properly.”

Initially, the free improve supply for Home windows 11 for Home windows 7/8 formally ended on July 29, 2016. Nonetheless, as a consequence of a loophole, many have been nonetheless capable of acquire the free improve by the usage of outdated Home windows 7 and eight set up keys. In keeping with this announcement from Microsoft, that loophole will not work, which means those that wish to improve to Home windows 11 whereas remaining on both Home windows 7 or 8 must purchase a brand-new Home windows 11 license as a substitute.

German-based web site, Deckmodder, was the primary to identify the official announcement publish by Microsoft, which reveals that these nonetheless eager to make the change from Home windows 10 to Home windows 11 gained’t be affected.  Anybody, nonetheless sporting Home windows 10, will nonetheless be capable to make the improve to the newest working system free of charge. Whereas there are seemingly not many people nonetheless utilizing Home windows 7 and eight, this information gained’t please everybody. Nonetheless, it could possibly be a sign that Microsoft is shifting its consideration to newer and greater issues, just like the highly-anticipated launch of the subsequent Home windows OS, Home windows 12.

Should you nonetheless haven’t made the improve to the newest Microsoft OS, you may take a look at our information on how to install Windows 11. It’s nonetheless free for all Home windows 10 homeowners, however you may all the time seize a key in the event you’re constructing a PC for the primary time.