Windows 10: Microsoft clarifies about upgrading from pirated copies
Some Microsoft spokesman would release more details about the free practices for upgrading to Windows 10, for those who now are using a pirated copy.
Only yesterday we reported the case of free updates to Windows 10 also for users who today use pirated copies. This was revealed in a perhaps a bit too explicit was Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft Windows: ” All those who have a qualified device can upgrade to Windows 10, even those who use pirated copies today, ” said the leader of the Redmond during an interview with Reuters.
Myerson has wisely used a bit of dialectics to offer a potential great way to talk to the press and Windows 10, but the reality is not so simple for the ” pirates “. Microsoft has often thwarted piracy, and an abrupt change of course would be inexplicable even considering the work of rejuvenation that Nadella is practicing now for several months.
Contacted some Microsoft spokesman from some foreign sources, it turns out that the upgrade will be free for the pirates, but installations derived from counterfeit versions will not be officially supported.
” We will provide a mechanism for devices not genuine Windows 10 through Windows Store to become genuine, whether purchased or updated versions of Windows, ” said a spokesman for the Redmond company to TheVerge, solving only part of the doubts on the subject.
The update on the Store will be free during the first year? What exactly is meant by official support: care practices, or direct access to the necessary security updates? To date, Microsoft does not block security updates on counterfeit copies (as he did for example in the past), but it may provide for other limitations of Windows 10 seconds TheVerge.
It was clear spokesman contacted by ArsTechnica: ” On Windows 10 even if the PC is not genuine will be allowed to upgrade Windows 10, the update itself will not alter the status of genuine license, ” said the company in the publication. ” If a device was considered not genuine or a counterfeit license before the upgrade, the device will continue to be considered a non-genuine or counterfeit license after the upgrade. ”
Assertion confirmed by VentureBeat, adding: ” A copy of Windows is not genuine is not provided directly by Microsoft. It is not licensed or supported by the company, or by trading partners. ” It is therefore likely, but not yet explicitly confirmed, that the PC is not genuine will not have access to security updates through Windows Update, or that will be usable only for a certain period of time. A timing perhaps higher than thirty days granted in previous versions of Windows (maybe a year?), But after that will be established the inability to access the system.
This theory fits with what is revealed by Myerson in recent days, according to which the new practices could make it clear to users the value of a license authorized Windows, and thus entice them to buy after a trial period.
A practice designed for the Chinese market unreliable, but that will be expanded in the rest of the world, and this is confirmed. Microsoft clearly wants to speak again of the argument, stating that ” will be released more details on the approach of the commercial launch of the product. “ In a few months will be appeased all our doubts, but it is likely that the “pirates” will still be forced to “crack” again next operating system from Redmond.
