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As you probably know, Microsoft has said that licensed Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 systems will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10.

It seems that just about anybody can get Windows 10 for free.

This is the RTM (release to manufacturer) version, not just the beta.

You may already have a Microsoft account if you have used one of the Microsoft email services like Hotmail or Outlook.

You can join here and get a free copy of the preliminary version of Windows 10.

Install it on a machine you arent using or in a virtual machine.

Then you are set to get the RTM version of Windows 10 when it is released July 29.

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Note that Mac users can install the preliminary Windows 10 in Boot Camp or a virtual machine.

The company has a long history of obfuscating just what a consumer can or cant do.

As Joe A.TT points out in a comment below, Microsoft spokesman Gabe Aul is now dancing around on the issue of who can get a free Windows 10.

At this point, I dont know just who is going to be eligible for a free Windows 10.

What does it mean Here is an interpretation by veteran Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.

And it turns out those who came into the Insiders program from anything other than a Genuine Windows 7 or 8.1 build will NOT be able to get a free copy of Windows 10 RTM once its available.

They will be able to continue as Windows Insiders and get Insider builds after RTM, however.).

In theory you could continue to be able to run Windows 10 as long as you are participating in the Insider program.

In other words, you can continue to use Windows 10 as long as you agree to be a guinea pig for trial builds of Windows 10.

There will be an ISO so I guess you can reinstall but if a build is really buggy and crashes I am not quite sure.

Insider copies will have an expiration built in so you have to keep accepting new builds.

If you upgrade from a licensed copy of Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1, your upgrade will not have a time limit.

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Whether they will re-open the program is unknown at this time.

No problems so far.

Received a few updates to it, which went fine.

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