Windows 10 Free Upgrade!

It's almost July 28th as I'm typing this which means there's two more days till Windows 10 is released.

If you have a computer running Windows 7 or 8, you're entitled to a free upgrade to Windows 10.

The problem I had though was getting the Windows 10 Upgrade notification app to show up in the system tray.

Finally got it to show up!

 After much trawling through the web and much cursing and swearing at the screen, it basically boils down to this;

1)  If you're running Windows 7 SP1 (my laptop was), you'll need to have the following updates installed via Windows Update

• KB 3035583
• KB 2952664

2) If you're running Windows 8.1, you'll need to have the following updates installed via Windows Update

• KB 3035583
• KB 2976978

 3) Hopfully, the notification app shows up for you here if not, carry on!

4) Go to this website (if you want to read the nitty gritty), there's a dropbox link that you'll need.

5) Download that file, unzip it and run the file with administrative privileges.

6) Use 1. to verify that you have the updates installed

7) Then run Method 1 and the notification app should appear in your system tray. At least it did for me!

Good luck reserving your copy of Windows 10.