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Definitive Answer: Is the free upgrade really expired?
@Kari, @simrick,
Ok. So there's this "rumor" floating around that the free upgrade has been "extended" by Microsoft. So I did a little experiment on my custom built computer that has never had Windows 10 Home on it before. Here's the results:
Clean install of Windows 10 Home build 14393 from an ISO file captured from a computer that did the insider upgrade - no activation:
Here's the product key to be tested:
Here's the change product key screen in progress of checking it:
And the result? - Exactly the same as would have occurred on July 28th:
Further proof, slmgr /dlv result:
So the definitive answer is that the Microsoft activation server is working on 8/1/2016 at 7:30PM 1.5 hours North of Microsoft in Stanwood, WA just exactly the same as it worked on July 28th.