News It’s official: Upgrades using Windows 7 and 8 keys are dead Time to pour one out for this incredible, long-standing trick. By Alaina Yee Senior Editor, PCWorld Oct 13, 2023 3:00 am PDT ...

When Windows 10 originally launched in 2015, it did so as a free upgrade to all users of Windows 7 and Windows 8—the vast majority of the Windows user base at the time. Microsoft wanted to ...