You can upgrade to Windows 11 or Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 even now for free! Microsoft offers you a simple method to upgrade from the previous version ...

What it means is that you can no longer update from Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows ... the latest Windows 11 Canary build (presumably version 24H2) rejected a Windows 7 key. If you plan to build ...

and tech enthusiast Bob Pony found that Windows 8 users who do not have a PC compatible with Windows 11 can upgrade by selecting the Windows 11 version 24H2 IoT Enterprise Edition during the OS setup.