![]() In addition to supporting literally in-place upgrades from Windows 7 and 8.x, Windows 10 and 11 have both also supported activating clean installs of the operating systems using what’s called a retail product key for Windows 7 or 8.x. Whatever.) But Microsoft silently continued to allow those free upgrades, and when it finally arrived, they worked with Windows 11 as well.īut it’s a bit more nuanced than this. (That post says that this offer included Windows 11, which is not technically true as that release didn’t arrive until late 2021. In the build-up to Windows 10, Microsoft announced that it would allow users on Windows 7 and 8.x to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, and as the post quoted above notes, that this offer would expire in July 2016. Microsoft confirms this in a separate post-this time to its Tech Community website-noting that there are no changes to the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP) requirements and that the “Microsoft Windows 11 Client family version 22H2” certification will continue unchanged for 23H2. ( You can find that information here.) Fortunately, those requirements haven’t changed in a while, and are not changing for Windows 11 version 23H2. ![]() Microsoft also notes that “to upgrade to Windows 11, devices must meet the Windows 11 minimum system requirements.” Which it then doesn’t link to. ![]()
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