Can I upgrade my Windows Vista computer to Windows 10?

Hello!

Yes, you can upgrade (maybe) but first make sure that your PC meets all the Windows 10 requirements:

Windows 10 system requirements - support.microsoft.com

If your PC doesn't meet all the requirements, do not upgrade.

Step 2: Get your license (Note: Windows Vista license may be used with Windows 10. I have upgraded a PC from Vista to 10 and it got activated, but all the PCs aren't same)

1. Press Windows+R and type cmd. Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter and click on yes.
2. In the black window, type wmic path softwarelicensingservice get oa3xoriginalproductkey and press Enter.
3. This will show you the product key. Write it down somewhere. (Note: Do not share it with anyone)
4. Then, download and run this tool: Download tool now (microsoft.com)
5. Run it and choose Upgrade this PC now. (Make sure you backup all your data).

If your PC doesn't meet the requirements or if you face any problem while upgrading, stop the upgrade immediately.

The free upgrade offer to 10 was originally for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 only.

Late in the process Microsoft added Windows 8; but you had to do a clean install of 10 if you had Windows 8.

Vista was never part of the free upgrade offer to 10 from Microsoft.

There is no upgrade path from Vista to 10.

It is done by a clean install.

And Vista was never part of the free offer from Microsoft.

You have to buy 10.

And if you go on those Microsoft system requirements for 10, you will be sadly disappointed.

Read what I have to say about that in this reply further down;

First thing to do is to make sure that you have the correct system requirements and that your Computer Manufacturer supplies the correct Drivers for 10 for your Model Number.

Driver Downloads:

Acer:

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

Advent:

http://www.adventcomputers.co.uk/product-downloads

Alienware:

http://support.alienware.com/Support_Pages/Restricted_Pages/driver_downloads.aspx

Asus:

http://www.asus.com/support

Dell:

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/ProductSelector

eMachines:

http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers

Fujitsu:

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/support/

Gateway:

http://us.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/drivers-downloads

HP:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/drivers.html

Lenovo:

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page#

LG:

http://www.lg.com/us/support/software-manuals

Samsung:

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads

Sony Vaio:

http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER

Toshiba:

http://support.toshiba.com/drivers

"Windows 10 System Requirements"

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/3884/windows-10-system-requirements

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-10-specifications#sysreqs

If you read those Microsoft's system requirements for 10, you will find that if you only go on them you will be sadly disappointed in performance.

For reasonable performance should have at least:

2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor.

4 gigabyte (GB) of RAM for 32-bit or 8 GB for 64-bit

500GB hard drive

DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver

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Detailed information on Minimum hardware requirements:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/minimum-hardware-requirements-overview

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Some Manufacturers have listed Model Numbers tested with 10 at their website:

Acer - Windows 10 Creators Update

ASUS System Look-up - Find out if your system runs Windows 10.

Dell computers tested for Windows 10 November 2019 Update and previous versions of Windows 10

The following Gateway laptops, desktops and tablets have been tested as being suitable to install Windows 10 Creators Update

HP Products Tested with Windows 10

Lenovo devices tested for Windows 10 version 1809 (October 2018

Samsung - Find out if your system runs Windows 10.

Sony - What do I need to install Windows 10 on my PC?

Toshiba - Models tested

Toshiba Windows 10 Upgrade Information

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How to buy Windows 10:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Windows/categoryID.70036700

Cheers.