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Stopping the FUD: There is no yearly subscription fee for Windows 10

Discussion in 'Windows 10 Information and Alerts' started by starbuck, Jun 7, 2015.

  1. starbuck

    starbuck Rest In Peace Pete Administrator

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    How many times have you seen in on the internet, whether it be in news stories from sites who know nothing about Microsoft, or from commenters who love spreading false information. Or you've seen it from readers who are genuinely confused about what Microsoft plans to do. Let's help stop the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and set the record straight.

    Windows 10 will not have an annual fee. Windows 10 will not charge you a yearly subscription after the free-for-one-year upgrade offer expires. Microsoft's Gabe Aul took it to Twitter just the other day to reiterate this point, after one Twitter user asked him to be clear.

    Unfortunately, Microsoft may have confused people by mentioning Windows 10 "as a service" causing people to believe there will be a subscription fee of sorts. There is no subscription model for Windows 10. Instead, Windows 10 "as a service" simply implies that Microsoft plans to update the operating system with smaller, more frequent updates, rather than larger Service Pack-like updates. Think of it like an app that gets updated regularly.

    "Once a qualified Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it up to date for the supported lifetime of the device, keeping it more secure, and introducing new features and functionality over time – for no additional charge," Microsoft clarified.


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    http://www.winbeta.org/news/stopping-fud-there-no-yearly-subscription-fee-windows-10
     
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    For real Starbuck thanks for posting that! Additionally, one thing I would like to know is, for example, a user DL's W10 to her/his PC but they forget to make a physical media of it -- they decide to reformat but they do not have the W10 media, so the break out the W7/W8 media so they install that OS again and update it, will it then again promt for the W10 update after Sp1 etc. has been updated?


    This is a very important question.
     
  3. starbuck

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    I agree and it does seem to crop up a few times.
    Hope this helps:

    Microsoft recently noted the following options available:

    With Windows 10, you can create your own recovery media and back up the pristine state of the operating system and preinstalled software. If things go wrong and you are unable to refresh or reset your device successfully, you can boot the device using recovery media and reset to the prior pristine state.

    You can also initiate a clean install by doing the following:

    You can do a clean install a couple ways.

    Press Windows key + i

    Click Update and Security

    Click Recovery

    Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, click Get started

    or

    At the Sign in screen

    Hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking the Power icon on the screen

    Continue to hold down the shift key while clicking Restart

    Continue to hold down the shift key until the Advanced Recovery Options menu appears

    Click Troubleshoot

    Click Reset

    Reinstalling Win10 after Upgrade
     
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    This is fantastic information and very good to know thanks for that Starbuck!
     
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    The other nice thing about this........
    No bloatware from HP, Dell etc :jump:
     
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    :iagree: I like it totally clean. I am a minimalist as well so even better
     

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