{"id":3142,"date":"2014-10-03T10:04:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T15:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2015-08-15T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T21:07:20","slug":"upgrade-from-windows-7-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/upgrade-from-windows-7-to-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you skip Windows 8? Interested in upgrading your PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but not planning on installing Windows 8 in between? You&#8217;re in luck. The next version of Windows, Windows 10, aka Windows codename &#8220;Threshold&#8221; will let you upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 just fine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\"><strong>Questions about upgrading or activating Windows 10?<\/strong><br \/>\nRead everything there is to know about Windows 10 licensing, free upgrade eligibility, and more in our expos\u00e9 on the topic: <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2015\/how-windows-10-activation-and-upgrade-works\/\" rel=\"follow\">Windows 10 activation and licensing explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3144\" style=\"width: 726px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ready-to-Install.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3144 colorbox-3142\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ready-to-Install.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 will automatically offer to upgrade from Windows 7.\" width=\"716\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ready-to-Install.png 716w, https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ready-to-Install-382x300.png 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows 10 will automatically offer to upgrade from Windows 7.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After setup begins, it&#8217;ll automatically go through the process of checking your PC for compatibility, then offer to upgrade your PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10. In the past, Windows Setup has done that before, but the &#8220;upgrade&#8221; option is actually a tricky &#8220;keep personal files but not apps&#8221; in reality &#8211; clicking &#8220;Help me decide&#8221; will reveal the truth:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3143\" style=\"width: 726px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Upgrade-from-Windows-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3143 colorbox-3142\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Upgrade-from-Windows-7.png\" alt=\"You can choose what to keep and what not to.\" width=\"716\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Upgrade-from-Windows-7.png 716w, https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Upgrade-from-Windows-7-382x300.png 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can choose what to keep and what not to.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this case, Windows 10 setup is actually offering to upgrade your Windows 7 PC and keep your applications\/software\/documents intact.<\/p>\n<p>Note that you won&#8217;t be able to upgrade from 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 to 64-bit (x64) Windows 10. It&#8217;s unclear as of right now whether or not Microsoft will be releasing a 32-bit version of Windows 10 at all come <abbr title=\"Release to Manufacturing\">RTM<\/abbr>. In the past, there were rumors that Windows 8 would be 64-bit only, but that proved to be a moot concern and 32-bit versions of Windows 8 (as ill-advised as they may be) have been chugging along just fine. Windows 10 Technical Preview is available for download in both 32-bit and 64-bit ISO for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you skip Windows 8? Interested in upgrading your PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but not planning on installing Windows 8 in between? You&#8217;re in luck. The next version of Windows, Windows 10, aka Windows codename &#8220;Threshold&#8221; will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/upgrade-from-windows-7-to-windows-10\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,887],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software","tag-windows","tag-windows-10"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Did you skip Windows 8? 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