{"id":8904,"date":"2015-01-03T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8904"},"modified":"2015-01-03T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T21:41:06","slug":"windows-7-and-8-users-will-be-able-to-upgrade-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-7-and-8-users-will-be-able-to-upgrade-to-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 and 8 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-7-and-8-users-will-be-able-to-upgrade-to-windows-10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8905\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10windows.png\" alt=\"10windows\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10windows.png 204w, https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10windows-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>Windows 7 and 8 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10<\/h1>\n<p>Upgrading operating systems is always an exciting event, it almost feels like the device you\u2019re upgrading gets a breath of fresh air. The good news is that anyone running Windows 7 or <a class=\"alinks-link\" title=\"Windows 8\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/tags\/Windows-8\">Windows 8<\/a>\/8.1 will be able to upgrade to <a class=\"alinks-link\" title=\"Windows 10\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/tags\/windows-10\">Windows 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This means that those users will not need to backup all their personal files as the upgrade process will leave them intact, although it\u2019s always recommended to do so just in case. The same goes for personal OS settings. Unfortunately for those running Window Vista, XP or older, a complete format will be required, so all files and settings will be lost according to <a class=\"alinks-link\" title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/tags\/microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a>&#8216;s Gabriel Aul.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, Microsoft was testing the distribution of the Windows Technical Preview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/news\/microsoft-delivering-windows-10-windows-update-windows-7-users\">via Windows Update<\/a>, and if the results of the test are all positive, the final version of Windows 10 may be delivered this way, possibly as a free upgrade. This should make it really easy for those running the current and last generation version of Windows to get the latest version. If you recall, Microsoft has also delivered the<a class=\"alinks-link\" title=\"Windows 8.1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/tags\/tags\/windows-81\">Windows 8.1<\/a> upgrade via the Windows Store, so that\u2019s an option too.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 10 will be ready for release in the second half of the year, but in the meantime, there is still the January Technical Preview and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/news\/confirmed-microsoft-hold-windows-10-event-january-21st-will-unveil-windows-10-tabletsphones-and\">Microsoft event<\/a> happening later this month&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/GJgTtx\" target=\"_blank\">Source: WinBeta<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 7 and 8 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 Upgrading operating systems is always an exciting event, it almost feels like the device you\u2019re upgrading gets a breath of fresh air. The good news is that anyone running Windows 7 or Windows 8\/8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10. This means that\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-7-and-8-users-will-be-able-to-upgrade-to-windows-10\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426,1674,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8907,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8904\/revisions\/8907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}