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Now, though, the company appears to be backing down from that initial, apparently too-good-to-be-true offer. It’s yet another round of disappointment in the continuing saga of Microsoft licensing. Every time it looks like the company is about to do something to make Windows licensing more sensible and less onerous, someone usually in the legal department gets cold feet.

To understand what’s going on here, we need to start with a quick primer on how Microsoft turns operating systems into cash. Microsoft’s business model for Windows has been unchanged for years: PC makers pay for OEM copies of Windows, which they sell to consumers and businesses. Consumers pay for upgrades unless they’re hobbyists building their own PCs, in which case they are expected to pay for a retail Windows license.

Enterprise customers pay dearly for volume license upgrades that include a slew of advanced management features and additional use rights. The bedrock of that model is the full Windows license , which Microsoft insists on receiving payment for, usually through an OEM.

Through the years, Microsoft has come up with stickers and certificates of authenticity, augmented by holograms and other anti-tampering mechanisms, to help prove that a PC has that underlying license and is thus, in its weird marketing-speak, “genuine. It was big news back in January when Windows boss Terry Myerson announced that “a free upgrade for Windows 10 will be made available to customers running Windows 7, Windows 8.

Note the word “customers. That fact will become important shortly. Last week, Microsoft took the “free upgrade for everyone” story to the next level, with Reuters reporting that Myerson told them, in a telephone interview, “We are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows At Microsoft, “non-genuine” means improperly licensed and pirated copies, and the Reuters story quotes Myerson as discussing Microsoft’s desire to “re-engage” with hundreds of millions of Windows users in China, where most are running unlicensed pirated copies of Windows.

I confirmed that quote via email with a Microsoft spokesperson and also asked whether the deal applied worldwide. Here’s our complete exchange on the subject:.

Me: And on the “free upgrades for pirates” surprise announce, does that apply worldwide? The first impression from Myerson’s remarks was that Microsoft was essentially offering an amnesty program, as the company “re-engages” with pirates worldwide. Get an upgrade, they appeared to be saying, and come back to the fold. All is forgiven, and by the way can we interest you in Microsoft services like Skype and Office ?

But a follow-up statement from Microsoft, one that has clearly been vetted by lawyers and top management, arrived less than 24 hours later and is chock-full of qualifiers:. The good news is that this statement clarifies the meaning of “Some editions excluded” from that earlier footnote. Windows RT is dead, of course; we already knew that.

And no, the free upgrade doesn’t apply to Enterprise editions of Windows. Those upgrades are available only through volume licensing programs, and only VL customers who pay for the Software Assurance benefit will get the Windows 10 upgrade. Fair enough. But I noticed something odd in the rest of that paragraph. Is there an update I’m missing?

I just found a free software package online called “License Switcher” When it runs it shows you your current Windows 10 Operating system. You can select the Windows 10 system you want to return to, example Professional, and hit switch. It works and no other operating software is lost. If you still have the Toolkit 2.

License Switcher has many different ways you can return or upgrade to another Windows 10 system. Jan 12, 3, 2, You need to login to view this posts content. Feb 14, 1 2 0. Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP Potentially Unwanted Products.

Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 3 people found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful?

Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. I just want to know if that is legal or not, because I don’t want to get any problem with the IT department. I downloaded the Windows from Microsoft official website, and I joined my computer to the network; then I got activated. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. Dears, I downloaded the last pure version of Windows 10 Enterprise, but after installation I found that the Windows version name changed from Windows 10 Enterprise to Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation.

The problem is: when I go to windows setting, it shows that windows is activated BUT on the bottom right corner above the clock says: Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation Windows License valid for 90 days Build What does than mean? How can I get rid of that?

 
 

 

Windows 10 enterprise reddit piracy free

 
Archived from the original on September 5, Afaik that’s still uses an old KMS version, so not containing the proper fix for Office C2R non-genuine banner and Office support. Windows applications cannot be executed from the Linux environment, and vice versa.