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How to update Operating System

Terrysdelight · 2019-05-14 23:21:32

Hi My own PC Has died on me - see other thread (just in case you can help - SO CONFUSED). I have now come across my dad's old lap top. It is a Sony vaio - it's old but working. Dad only every used it to watch YouTube videos of Doris Day! So no files / docs etc stored. Unfortunately it has Windows Vista on it so, now Chrome…

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DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite

21 May 2019 at 3:17PM

Terrysdelight wrote: »

Hi

Sorry, I'm not a techie person. What is the reason for installing windows 10 and then not activating it?

Avoids having to pay for it (in situations where there's no free upgrade path; e.g. from Windows 7 there is, from Vista there's not). Of course you can also simply buy a key off eBay for a few quid and activate it.

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