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While Microsoft technically ended its free Windows 10 upgrade program in July 2016, as of November 2021, CNET has confirmed the free update is still available for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 users.

Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise will receive additional update controls in the Settings app. These will allow to set policy-based deferrals to updates, that is without requiring Group Policy tweaks.

Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 10 over the summer, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users have been pressured to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system.

I personally took the upgrade-in-place option when I installed Windows 10. At the time, I was using a five-year-old Windows 7 installation that I'd already carted across three different motherboards.

If you do nothing, the new feature update will eventually download and install automatically, based on your Windows Update settings. Also: Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade.