Hello, We have one computer running Windows 8.1 (OEM-DM channel, no MS account) that we'd like to upgrade to Windows 10 due to some software no longer supporting the old OS. Is it possible to upgrade for free? Can you please give me a quick walk-through? - Where to download from - What version to use (W10 Pro?) - Installation tips - Debloating (if needed) - How to activate Thank you!
Use windows 10 iot ltsc 2021 ( install ltsc 2021 and use massgrave to switch to iot ltsc 2021 => this version have update up to 2032 ) If you need windows store Powershell as admin ( wsreset -i )
Thank you! Can the LTSC version be installed as an upgrade, keeping the files, applications (and relevant settings) from Win 8.1?
The family member that uses that computer has over the last 10 years has installed many programs and made extensive customizations to make everything work exactly like they want to. Reinstalling/tweaking everything from scratch is going to be a huge time-consuming pain for them, so an upgrade in place is vastly preferred.
Make sure to backup your OS with macrium reflect before doing anything. So you can revert back if failed to upgrade to windows 10.