Official confirmation! Users of pirated Win7 and Win8.1 can also upgrade Win10

for free. Microsoft has announced that Win7 and Win8.1 users can upgrade for free within one year after the free release of Windows 10, but the subsequent statement shows that this free upgrade is limited to genuine users. The large number of pirated users in China are unable to obtain this treatment.

Today, Microsoft responded to this question in an official blog post.

Microsoft said that the free upgrade is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users who have purchased genuine Windows licenses from OEM partner channels, and the license has not been tampered with.

When Microsoft can't verify that Windows is installed and has a corresponding license, and has not been tampered with, a watermark will be created on the desktop of the computer to inform the user.

In addition, Microsoft has determined that the Windows 10 Free Upgrade will not work on non-genuine Windows devices. But Microsoft will still provide Windows 10 for these users.

This sentence we can understand that pirated users can also upgrade to Windows 10, but after the upgrade is not activated, or pirated.

In addition, Microsoft also said that it plans to provide "very attractive Windows 10 upgrade plan" for old device users running pirated systems. Details will be announced later.

In other words, Microsoft should also provide Windows XP users with a discount plan to upgrade Win10, and the price should be very attractive.