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Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service" that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace or use long-term support milestones that will only receive ...
This build treated Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 product keys as Windows 10 product keys, meaning they could be entered during installation to activate the free license, without the need to upgrade first to "activate" the hardware with Microsoft's activation servers. [103]
Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches); [16] however, very few such ...
In Windows 7 and later, significant hardware changes (e.g. motherboard) may require a re-activation. In Windows 10 and 11, a user can run the Activation Troubleshooter if the user has changed hardware on their device recently. If the hardware has changed again after activation, they must wait 30 days before running the troubleshooter again.
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At the time of launch, Microsoft deemed Windows 7 (with Service Pack 1) and Windows 8.1 users eligible to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, so long as the upgrade took place within one year of Windows 10's initial release date. Windows RT and the respective Enterprise editions of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 were excluded from this offer. [89]
Preview builds of Windows 10, version 2004 Version Release date(s) Highlights 10.0.18836 [3] Skip ahead: February 14, 2019 Added support for directly accessing Linux subsystem files in Windows Subsystem for Linux distro through File Explorer [9] Improvements to WSL command-line interface capability [9] 10.0.18841 [10] Skip ahead: February 22, 2019
The update has reached end of service on April 10, 2018 in the Semi-Annual Channel. [10] The Enterprise, IoT Enterprise and Education editions have reached end of service on April 9, 2019. [ 11 ] Support of this update for systems based on Intel Clover Trail chipset was available until January 10, 2023.