Upgrading Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10 from Control Panel in 2024

Windows 7 and 8.1 are both already out of support, Windows 10 will be out of support next year. So what's the sense of doing this? If you still have a Windows 7 computer Microsoft said that you cannot anymore upgrade, but there's a way around this as shown in my video.

Requirements

Prepairing to upgrade

  1. Activate temporarily Windows 7 or 8.1 with Volume Licensing. This works only on Business, Professional and Enterprise versions of those OS (use MSGuides KMS guides for this)
  2. Install WUIsBack checking the option "Allow OS Upgrade"
  3. Check for updates until you get the Windows 10 Upgrade offer. Spend a minute to check what version it's going to install and to ensure it's the newer one in the list.

Upgrading to Windows 10

  1. Start the upgrade from control panel and go take a little break. It's going to take a while.
  2. When it finishes prepairing the upgrade, you will be greeted with the Windows Setup window with a license, just click agree and then close
  3. Then there will be another window asking to start the update now. SAVE YOUR WORK, CLOSE EVERY WINDOW, then start the update. Now you can take a second long break, it's going to do everything by itself.
  4. After a few restarts you should have logged into your user and get some questions, just spam a bit of "No" and "Just send basic diagnostic datas" and the desktop will open
  5. You might need to reinstall some drivers, in my video I had to reinstall VMware Tools. Go to your OEM's website and find those for your model.
  6. Activate Windows back with your legit product key and enjoy

Outro

As I always say, don't believe into everything someone says, even if it's a business like Microsoft to say that. It's still possible to upgrade to Windows 10 in 2024 for free if you have Windows 7 or 8.1.