I was just thinking about my remaining Win 7 box _after_ I hit send and I believe you're correct (I have one still to upgrade). Which means users upgrading from 7 to 10 will need to create an ID, but users of 8 and 8.1 will use the one they already have.
Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Brooks Bridges < bro...@firestormnetworks.net> wrote: > Just as a point of debate, I've been using Windows 7 for quite some time > and I do not, nor have I ever, given MS any email information or have I > created a Live account. > > On 7/30/2015 7:19 AM, Scott Helms wrote: > >> Since the requirement is that users are upgrading from Win 7, 8, or 8.1 >> they've already had to create at least a minimal MS ID which means either >> creating an email account on Outlook.com or providing an existing email >> address and a password for MS. >> >> >> Scott Helms >> Vice President of Technology >> ZCorum >> (678) 507-5000 >> -------------------------------- >> http://twitter.com/kscotthelms >> -------------------------------- >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Matthew Black <matthew.bl...@csulb.edu> >> wrote: >> >> Are users required to create any type of Microsoft cloud account (e.g., >>> OneDrive, Office365, et alil) in order to install and use Windows 10? Of >>> Office? Is it possible to simply use Windows 10 without any Microsoft or >>> Google or Yahoo accounts? >>> >>> Is the unique identifier available to advertisers only through IE (or its >>> successor) OR will it also be available through Firefox/Chrome? >>> >>> >>> matthew black >>> california state university, long beach >>> >>> >