From CNET: Microsoft has apparently clarified a recent comment about owners of unlicensed versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 being able to upgrade to Windows 10.
At the WinHec conference in China on Tuesday, Microsoft's operating system chief Terry Myerson told Reuters that "we are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10." The remark was aimed at China where software piracy has been a huge problem for Microsoft. But the news certainly brought smiles to the faces of anyone who runs a non-genuine copy of Windows 7 or 8.1 and suddenly thought that an upgrade to Windows 10 would bring legitimacy.
Windows pirates may need to wipe those smiles off their faces. A spokesperson for Microsoft clarified the upgrade process to blog site Ars Technica, indicating that the version of Windows 10 doesn't magically become licensed if you upgrade from an unlicensed version.
"With Windows 10, although non-Genuine PCs may be able to upgrade to Windows 10, the upgrade will not change the genuine state of the license," the spokesperson said. "If a device was considered non-genuine or mislicensed prior to the upgrade, that device will continue to be considered non-genuine or mislicensed after the upgrade."
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