A recent report that the upgrade to Windows 10 can even owners of pirated copies of "Windows", pleased many. Today in Microsoft clarified the situation with a free upgrade for owners of unlicensed operating systems. Despite the fact that they can set the Windows 10, they will not get a license for its use.
A few days ago, Microsoft has officially confirmed its readiness to provide users with pirated versions of Windows, a free upgrade to Windows 10. This statement was made by the representative of the corporation said the publication Ars Technica.
However, thus obtained Windows 10 would not licensed. In other words, Microsoft, allowing the "pirates" to upgrade, not give her a license. Perhaps in consequence, users are not able to receive security updates for Windows 10, or after a certain time, the system will ask them to activate and stop working.
In Microsoft added that users will be offered a tool that allows you to purchase a license for the "top ten" through the App Store Windows Store. "Thus, the company will allow Windows 10 to meet all comers, and only then they can decide for themselves whether they want to buy a license" - says The Next Web.
By the way, this is an unprecedented step for Microsoft. Previously, the company allows free upgrade to a newer version of the OS only new PC owners with the previous version, making purchases in the period. In Redmond reminded that non-genuine Windows is more vulnerable to malware, fraud, leakage of personal data, as well as less stable than the licensed copies of the system.
Free upgrade to Windows 10 users will be able to Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. For some editions of Windows (including Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8 / 8.1 Enterprise and Windows RT / RT 8.1), this option is not available. Release of Windows 10 will be held this summer in 190 countries.