[Aswin Thotapalli]

I am running windows insider preview on my Acer iconia. On july 29 when Windows 10 is launched, can i upgrade it directly or do i have to restore windows 8.1 and then upgrade to windows 10

[Rahul D1]

i have the same question
Please anybody tell us......

[manus31]

Good question

[hotphil]

An update will come the normal way.

[Rasetech]

MS told that the Insider Program goes up to the RTM version and beyond. But beware of the following. In my opinion it will still be a Insider Preview licensed version and as we already know each Insider Preview version expires after some amount of time and wont be fully functional after that until a newer IP version releases. So if you want a full licensed version that does not expire there is a high chance that you have to go back to 7 or 8.1 first or maybe MS will release ISO's also to people with valid licences. This is the way I THINK its happening, those are not known facts but the Insider Program is not targeted to provide people with free Windows Licences otherwise every person who owns a pirated version of Windows could get a legal one just by installing the Insider Program beforehand.

[mj0]

What about Notebooks with a product key branded into their UEFI chips, will they be able to "activate" their proper Windows 10 license without reinstalling?

[Thunder_God_Bane]

I definitely want to know this, as I've got my Win 7 licence and prod key anyway. But I'd hate to think I'd have to restore back to Win 7 just to upgrade to 10. Please can someone from Microsoft confirm?

[hotphil]

Please can someone from Microsoft confirm?

They ain't here ;-)
​You'd need to ask them.

[Talderon]

See response here: http://forums.windowscentral.com/win...dows-10-a.html

[Talderon]

I definitely want to know this, as I've got my Win 7 licence and prod key anyway. But I'd hate to think I'd have to restore back to Win 7 just to upgrade to 10. Please can someone from Microsoft confirm?

An OS "Upgrade" from Microsoft hasn't required you to go back a version to go forward. You just had extra prompts to verify previous version of OS. Even if you used an Upgrade disc to clean install.

[TheCudder]

Gabe Aul of Microsoft addressed this question back in early May, his response was posted on Twitter.

Insider Question #1: @GabeAul Will you be able to upgrade to the #Win10 RTM version for free with #insiders preview?

Gabe Aul: Yes (WC users keep reading...)

Insider Question #2: @GabeAul @tao_huan Please make it clear. Do you mean free licence and activation or just free to upgrade?

Gabe Aul: "You'll have to be upgrading from a system with a valid license for 7 or 8.x"

So there you go, no FREE upgrade for Insiders UNLESS you have a valid Windows 7 or 8 license.