On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 11:12:18 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

Tim Lamb wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Microsoft never actually stopped the upgrade from working, I've upgraded
a dozen, they all activate cleanly.

How though?

download the media creation tool, let it download Win10, make a bootable
DVD iso or a USB stick, boot from it ...

Yup, done that many times ... ;-)

or you can skip making the
bootable media and let the MCT begin the upgrade, but it's handy to have
media available for another time.

So, this is just an in-situ *upgrade* as I think when I've gone to do
that it's told me it can't do an upgrade but might store my data in a
separate folder (and I'd lose all my programs and settings)?


I think I remember the original upgrade was offered to you
automatically and then it stopped (being offered) but you may have
been able to still get it by running something yourself. Then I
thought that stopped but you could still actually install W10 using a
W7/8 key, just that you couldn't upgrade?

I don't suppose any of this works on 32 bit anyway:-(

it's fine, you can't upgrade a 32bit to a 64bit though, must clean install.

I wonder if it's that ... I've been wanting to take machines to 64bit,
not because it's 'better' (for that hardware) but because more stuff
it going 64 bit only?

I must have a 64b W7 machine somewhere, I'll try it (after imaging it
on my WHS). ;-)

Cheers, T i m