You can then reboot the computer and insert Windows 10 media and do a clean install of Windows 10 64-bit. Once that is done you will have your free Windows 10 license for the life of the machine. It is, however, possible to 'upgrade' to Windows 10 64-bit if and only if you perform the in-place upgrade from Windows 7-32 bit to Windows 10 32-bit, first.

In other words, you cannot do an in-place upgrade from 32-bit Windows to 64-bit Windows and maintain all your installed programs, plus a Windows 10 license. You can only upgrade to Windows 10 using the same architecture - for example, from Windows 7 32-bit to Windows 10 32-bit. How can I upgrade from Windows 7 32-bit to Windows 10 64-bit? ' I have a question right now I'm running Windows 7 32-bit, but I want to upgrade to Windows 10 64-bit and still maintain my free license for Windows 10. Thanks for your ongoing and excellent articles on Windows 10.