Netizens shocked: pirated Win7/8.1 can successfully upgrade Win10

On the official launch of Windows 10, Microsoft officially said that pirated Win7/8.1 users can not upgrade for free, even if they receive the upgrade prompt, piracy is detected during the upgrade process. Will terminal upgrade.

This restriction also applies to cooperation channels such as 360 and Tencent.

However, some netizens on Reddit reported that their pirated Windows has successfully upgraded Win10 and got activated, including the previous use of tools, including the direct upgrade without activation.

This situation is really surprising. Analysis under the premise of credible statements may be caused by Microsoft's unclear definition of piracy.

According to this inference, very few pirated users may be able to upgrade Win10"whitewash", but users who have the ability also support genuine.