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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What Windows do you have? If it's Windows 7 or later, you can update to Windows 10 for free provided your computer will run 64-bit Windows.
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You keep claiming this, but MS themselves explain lot of legitimate Win7 doesn't get a free upgrade.
ANYONE can download and install Windows 10. Then it needs activated
Not all 64 bit computers will run Win10 either (though they all will run 64 bit Linux).
Some computers have no sticker to Activate Windows because it's in the BIOS, yet sometimes the Win10 setup.exe can't find that.
Boot a live Linux USB stick
ANY of these commands at a Linux console will return the Activation Key
if it's in the BIOS.
1:
sudo hexdump -s 56 -e '"MSDM key: " /29 "%s\n"' /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
2:
sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
3:
sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
Write it down and use it to activate.
If Setup won't run then you need to edit the boot media (can be an ISO) and add an option to run setup.exe /pkey <key> where <key is the long key in five groups of five with the dashes.
Note that not all Windows 7 or 8 keys will activate Windows 10. You can try ringing your local MS activation support. Pretty much they will activate anything for free. They think they can make all their income from Web services AKA Cloud and Office 365 subs, hence Win10 mostly free and usually no issue with activation of an old MS Office (but Libre Office may suit better even on Windows).