09-30-2015, 02:47 PM
(09-30-2015, 02:36 PM)Surge Wrote:...At which point they would be able to find out that you have a pirated version because they have access to everything ever on your hard drive.(09-30-2015, 02:24 PM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: I didn't find anything on the one year limit, but is it really that hard to believe that a pirated copy would end up being limited in some way?When the free upgrade was announced there was discussion about how lax the upgrade requirements are, and indeed by tricking Windows into thinking it is genuine I can get through the win10 upgrade without problem.
Many articles, however, talk about the fact that an upgraded illegitimate copy of windows 7 will not become a genuine copy.
http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-10-pirated-upgrades-will-still-be-considered-pirated/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2899480/pirates-will-stay-pirates-even-after-windows-10-upgrade.html
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