I tried windows 10 and was thoroughly repulsed. Keep it. You've now messed up your track record of gettng it right every other attempt.

WinXP(yes),Vista(No!!), Win7(yes!),Win8.1(no), Win10(No!!)

Windows 7 until I die. Probably.

Does that mean post-july 29th, windows 7 will start working properly again? No more windows 10 spam dialogue?
Hurrah!

because Microsoft want everyone on Windows 10

Problem is windows 10 messes up most at and aac software. But good freebie though heat added

I have spent all night updating my daughters laptop then found out i missed the upgrade deadline. So thanks instaling right now.

Does that mean post-july 29th, windows 7 will start working properly again? No more windows 10 spam dialogue?
Hurrah!

Might install a copy of Win 8.1 I have lying around on to my old Vista PC!
...worth a punt :wink:
Nice find.

What assistive technologies are eligible for the extension?

We are not restricting the free upgrade offer to specific assistive technologies. If you use assistive technology on Windows, you are eligible for the free upgrade offer.

Assistive Computer Technology is any piece of equipment that is customized to make life easier for a person who has a disability.

The personal computer (PC) can be the backbone of independence for millions of individuals with sensory, physical, and learning disabilities.

Many people with disabilities face a variety of challenges in terms of providing computer input, interpreting output and reading documentation. For persons with disabilities, the keyboard, mouse, and monitor are of prime concern so adaptive hardware and software have been developed to provide alternatives.

Screen reader programs such as JAWS or HAL are designed to allow even totally blind people to use the computer. They convert the text and icons to speech so one can use a computer without needing to see the monitor.

Accessible computer equipment and PC access aids can make it easier for computer users to use word processing programs, surf the Internet, and send email, but they can also help non-computer users handle many non-computer tasks.

Any system that aids individuals who are not independent verbal communicators is known as an augmentative communication system. The system can include speech, gestures, sign language, symbols, synthesized speech, dedicated communication aids or microcomputers.

Examples of Assistive Computer Technology Include:
•Optical character recognition (OCR) software systems are used to scan printed materials directly into the PC to accommodate many types of disabilities.
•Screen readers are software programs that provide either speech or Braille output, and are commonly employed by persons who are blind or visually impaired.
•Non-assistive computer programs like electronic mail and instant messaging empower individuals with hearing-related impairments to communicate over the Internet.
•Magnification software enlarges text and graphics displayed on PC monitors. Magnification programs are widely used by persons with poor vision or who have difficulty reading.

Common keyboard input modifications include:
•Adapted keyboards,
•on-screen keyboards,
•alternative communication programs,
•voice recognition.

Voice recognition and dictation systems are powerful assistive technologies that allow persons with disabilities to control a computer and dictate documents verbally using spoken commands.

Most computer vendors support persons with disabilities by incorporating accessibility utilities into operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, and UNIX. PCs equipped with assistive technology permit individuals to function independently at school, work, and home, and allow access to great quantities of information from diverse sources such as compact disks, networks, electronic mail, instant messaging, the World Wide Web, and other Internet resources.

Microsoft should have followed up that sentence with a couple of winking emojis :wink::wink:

Tried many times and keep getting a 0x80070057 error, anyone else had same?
Google says to change settings in au folder of registry but none exists

i think i have used the magnifier once or twice! Sorted! =)

What are the disadvantages of upgrading to this as apposed to the normal upgrade (which I know has expired)?

Good to know. Thanks OP.

Interesting to note that some people use the "disability" card to get a free version of W10. Maybe they qualify because their only disability is a total inability to upgrade before the well publicised deadline!

I tried windows 10 and was thoroughly repulsed. Keep it. You've now messed up your track record of gettng it right every other attempt.

WinXP(yes),Vista(No!!), Win7(yes!),Win8.1(no), Win10(No!!)

Windows 7 until I die. Probably.

Chinese hack your computer and steal your personal information = crime
Someone installs malware on your machine to grab your personal info = crime
Micro$oft / Google Apple installs software which sends your personal information to their servers = perfectly fine in the eyes of most people

Just shows how brainwashed most sheeple have become :wink:

I ran through the customise options setting up(most do not) and was shocked at how invasive microsoft are in this new OS. Not to mention the fact theyve taken away the ability to control your updates. This is pure Orwellian madness. Microsoft taken control of peoples lives. They know every little move you make.

Good try Microsoft.

Not really. They are effectively allowing terrorists to be shopped more easily.

A good thing, I hope you agree?

If you disagree, please do say.

No I do not agree! When Microsoft become official terrorist hunters Ill agree. Until then, thats not their job and any excuse to spy on us all in such an outrageaous way.

It's not MS doing the sifting, they have just made their systems more siftable by the security forces

At this stage I would hope most of us would be happy to give up a little privacy to allow the security forces to get the information to prevent our enemies killing us & subverting our economies and freedoms.

This is not the case, Microsoft sell data they harvest to advertisers.
Read up on how ineffective mass surveillance really is.

Of course its about advertising which is the main drive for microsoft invading our privacy. But that info can also be used and exploited in so many other ways. We just dont know what ways or who exactly has access to it.
Its nice that youre happily willing to give up your privacy rights and freedom for the sake of protecting us all from the evil forces of terrorism. Clearly you've fallen hook, line & sinker for the goverments propaganda and scaremongering. But wait, Microsoft are not even a goverment theyre just a commercial company!

Please stop.

The OP has stated a post regarding a FREE operating system upgrade
Please take your conspiracy theories/business acumen/marketing violations/governmental underhanded tactics to somewhere where people listen.

Nothing is 'free'. You have to give up something if you want it for nothing.
Android and apps have been doing it for years. Location, access your contacts/gallery etc, advertising

I have nothing to hide, so I don't really care

I just can't use the Win 10 upgrade because Football Manager 15 won't work on it
So my gripe is not privacy, it's compatibility !!

Great find for those that missed it

Upgraded two laptops to Windows 10 using the 29th July deadline. After switching off nearly all of the recommended telemetry, one thing that I have not worked out is how to selectively only install some windows updates and not others, I have put wifi connection as metered connection so pause the automatic updates but I have yet to work out an easy way like listing all the windows updates like it did before.

Google it?