IT Technical Support for Developers

Microsoft’s free upgrade offer for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users ended a few years ago, but you can still technically upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge.
While Microsoft has removed the special upgrade offer sites, but still now the company continues to activate Windows 10 licenses for people who upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

How to upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8,8.1 to Windows 10 for free?

To get Windows 10 for free, follow these steps:

Use a genuine copy of Windows 7 on your device or virtual machine.

Head to Windows 10 download page and click on ‘Download tool now’.

Open Media Creation Tool and select ‘Upgrade this PC now’. You’ll also need to click on the ‘Accept’ button to accept the terms and conditions.

Choose the upgrade option where you keep your files and information. If you do a fresh install via Media Creation Tool, you may not get Windows 10 for free.

After the installation completes, connect your device or virtual machine to the internet and open Windows Update > Activation.

Click on the ‘Activate’ button if required and your PC will be activated with a digital license after it establishes a secure connection to Microsoft servers.

If you’re unable to obtain the license, you can also enter your Windows 7 product key and manually activate the operating system.

The aforementioned steps will work only when you have a legit Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 installation.

When you download Windows 10 this way, your PC will receive a digital license valid for the life of your device.

If you have a computer with unsupported hardware, you may still be able to upgrade to Windows 11

You can upgrade an incompatible computer to Windows 11 at your own risk, and here are two methods to complete the task.

Method 1 to upgrade Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

Step 1: Download Windows 10ISO 64 bit From Microsoft site.

Step 2: Download Windows 11 64 bit From Microsoft site

Step 3: Copy file “install.wim” from source folder Of windows 11 setup folder to source folder of windows 10 setup folder.

Step 4: Click Setup.Exe from windows 10 setup folder

Method 2 to upgrade Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

Click on Start and type ‘regedit’ and press enter.

Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup
Under MoSetup,
right click on the right plane and then choos New ->DWORD (32-Bit) value

Enter following details and click Ok

Value name: AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU

Value date: 1

Base: Hexadecimal

Once this is done, download the ISO file from the official Microsoft page,
open it in the File explorer and double-click on Setup to start the installation process.

After the recovery of Win10, or Blue Screen Error, you get the above error and you can not boot the PC.

Window - choose -Repair your computer option rather than re-install.

Step is Select Troubleshoot , Advanced options, Startup Repair

if that does not fix the error try...

1. Boot with the windows 10 USB or DVD or external device

2. When you get to the [install now] screen do not select or install

3. Press the [shift] and [F10] buttons to get to a command line (dos black window)

4. In this DOS prompt window type the following commands and press enter after each command

bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /rebuildbcd

bootrec /scanos

exit

5. Remove the usb/dvd/any other boot device and reboot your computer.

It’s a common error that users face if a third-party printer driver is installed on the print server. Fortunately, you can fix this by following some simple steps.

Printer Error 0x00000040 can be fixed by following some simple steps.

What causes Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000040)?

Windows 10/11 doesn’t allow users to install a third-party printer driver on the print server. You need to change the Group Policy settings or tweak the Registry to resolve the issue. The other reasons for this error could be:

1.Point and Print Restrictions policy
2.Pending print jobs in Print Spooler
3.Printer Driver issues.

Run Printer Troubleshooter

1. Press Windows Key + I to open Settings.
2. Scroll down and select Troubleshoot > Other Troubleshooters.
3. Click on Run beside Printer.
4. Once the process is complete, restart your device to see if the printer error has been resolved.

Modify Group Policy Settings

Kernel-mode drivers operate in kernel mode and have unlimited access to hardware and memory. But sometimes, the kernel-mode driver’s policy can malfunction due to corrupted drivers. Disable the policy and check if the error is fixed.

Disable the Point and Print using Registry Editor

1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.
2. Type regedit and hit Enter.
3. Navigate to the following path :HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint

4. right-click on InForest and select Modify.
5. Now enter the Value data as 0 and click Ok to save the changes.
6. In the same way, change the value data of Restricted and TrustedServers to 0.
7. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.

Update Printer driver

Update your Printer driver and see. Keeping your drivers up-to-date is very important. Although Optional Updates do update some of the drivers, some require you to download the driver manually from the manufacturer’s website.

The error code 0x800F0950 appears on Windows 10 and Windows 11 when trying to install the .NET 3.5 Framework using the conventional installer or when trying to launch a game or app that requires this dependency. The error message accompanying the error code is ‘The following feature couldn’t be installed’.

Issues addressed for the following errors

0x800f0950 .net framework 3.5
0x800f0950 .net framework 3.5 windows 11
0x800f0950 error
0x800f0950 fix
0x800f0950 windows 11
error code 0x800f0950
error code 0x800f0950 windows 11
error code 0x800f0950 language pack
0x800f0950 dism
error 0x800f0950 dism failed
0x800f0950 error windows 11
0x800f0950 error fix
0x800f0950 framework 3.5
error 0x800f0950 framework 3.5
0x800f0950 language pack windows 11

Getting error Windows couldn’t complete the requested changes,

Error 0x800f081f, 0x800f0805, 0x80070422, 0x800f0922, 0x800f0906,
etc while install .net framework 3.5 On Windows 11 or 10.
Let’s understand what is .NET Framework,
and how to fix .net framework 3.5 installation error 0x800f0950 Windows 11 or 10.

Fix - 0x800f0950 .NET Framework 3.5 Windows 11 [Solution]

1 Go to Command Prompt with Admin Rights
2 Enter the following commands one by one
     a. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
     b. Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /source:C:\ /LimitAccess


3 Restart the PC.
4 After the booting, Go to Command Prompt
5 Enter the folloiwng Command
     sfc /scannow
6 Restart the PC.
7 Now the system is ready to install .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows 11 or 10.