Windows aggressive tactics when it came to Windows 10 did not amuse many as it came across as extremely heavy-handed. However, ever since the free upgrade period has expired, that dialogue box has been rather quiet as of late. Today, Microsoft has released a new patch for Windows, and with said new patch, it is removing this dialog box
altogether.
Patch KB3184143 will see Microsoft removing the “Get Windows 10 app” from computers that are currently still running Windows 7 or 8.1. While the free upgrade period has long since pass, and the “Get Windows 10 app” being removed entirely, it appears that you can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free. According to Paul Thurrott, existing Windows 7 and 8.1 product keys can still be used when you’re doing a clean install of Windows 10.
“The Get Windows 10 application was designed to make the Windows 10 upgrade process easy for existing Windows 7 and 8.1 customers for the one year free upgrade offer which ended July 29th,” says Microsoft. “Beginning on September 20th, the Get Windows 10 app and all other updates related to the Windows 10 free upgrade offer will be removed from Windows 7 and 8.1 customer’s devices.”
