Windows 10 free upgrade will not end July 29 for people with accessibility needs

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Microsoft said the free Windows 10 upgrade deadline does not apply to people 'who use assistive technologies'

 

After announcing that 300 million devices are running Windows 10, Microsoft said its free upgrade offer ends on July 29.

If you want Windows 10 after that date, then you can purchase the $119 Windows 10 Home version or buy a new device running Windows 10.

 

The free upgrade offer will not end, however, for Windows customers who have accessibility issues. The Microsoft Accessibility Blog wrote:

As you may have heard, the free Windows 10 upgrade offer for customers running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 is set to end on July 29, but we want to clarify that that deadline will *not* apply to customers who use assistive technologies.

We are continuing to deliver on our previously shared vision for accessibility for Windows 10, and we are committed to ensuring that users of assistive technologies have the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 10 for free as we do so.

 

If you don’t have and don’t want Windows 10, those annoying Get Windows 10 notifications will eventually stop after July 29.

Microsoft told BetaNews the nag upgrade screens will be “disabled and eventually removed from PCs worldwide.

Just as it took time to ramp up and roll out the Get Windows 10 app, it will take time to ramp it down.”

 

 

Source:

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3067131/security/windows-10-free-upgrade-will-not-end-on-july-29-for-people-with-accessibility-needs.html#tk.rss_security