Why is it that a friend who pirated windows 10 got in before me when I bought windows 7 pro?

[WPCentral Question]

Still awaiting the notification for windows 10 to upgrade me but no dice. On the other hand someone I know pirated it in some way or another and is off bragging about it.

 

[a5cent]

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Anybody can sign up for the insider's preview program and get W10 for free. It just can't be activated and it will eventually expire, not to mention that it will never be as stable.

On the other hand, anybody can force their W10 update. Maybe that's what you're friend did. More about that is described here (item 3):

http://forums.windowscentral.com/wi...0015-windows-10-upgrade-installation-faq.html