Microsoft Offers Get Genuine Windows: Full Operating Systems Versions Now Available

As part of the recent updates to the Microsoft Software Donation Programme, Microsoft made donations of full versions of its Windows operating systems available through the Microsoft Get Genuine programme.

Your organisation might have PCs with illegal, free, or basic operating systems — either from accepting donated machines or buying the computers at bargain-basement prices.  Microsoft’s Get Genuine programme offers your organisation a one-time chance to get your existing computers running fully legitimate and upgradable Windows operating systems, enabling your organisation to easily upgrade through CTXchange when a more recent OS version is needed or released.

To be eligible for the Get Genuine donations, the existing computers on which your organisation will install the full Windows OS software must currently have one of the following:

•    Counterfeit, pirated, or otherwise illegal, unlicensed, or improperly licensed Windows operating systems
•    Home Premium, Home Basic, or Starter editions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista
•    Home or Starter editions of Windows XP
•    Linux, FreeDOS, or other operating systems
•    No operating systems

Request Get Genuine products here:

•    Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit – Get Genuine
•    Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit – Get Genuine

Request Carefully — Get Genuine Windows OS Products Are a One-Time Donation

Microsoft-eligible organisations can request donations of full Get Genuine Windows operating systems only once, ever, so please make sure to plan your request carefully. Since the Get Genuine products are part of the Windows Desktop Operating Systems title group, a request for this product will count against your two-year cycle entitlment of 50 licenses in the Windows Desktop Operating Systems title group.

Windows Upgrade Still Available

If your existing PCs already have a qualifying base operating system in place, you can still request the Windows OS Upgrades donations that CTXchange has always offered.  Since you only have one chance to request Get Genuine Windows OS products ever, you should request the standard upgrade products if you have one of the following qualified, base Operating Systems already in place on your machine:

•    Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate editions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista
•    XP Professional version of Windows XP
•    Windows 2000 Professional
•    Windows NT Workstation 4.0
•    Windows 98 (2nd Edition)
•    Apple Macintosh

Still Have Questions? Easily see what you can request from Microsoft: To help you manage your Microsoft donations, TechSoup has created the Microsoft Donation Centre (accessible from the Donation Request/History page under My Account), where nonprofits can get all key details in one place. Organisations can easily track what they’ve received so far, what remains of their software entitlement, when their cycle resets, and the value of Microsoft software donations to date.

Help Us Donate More: Spread the word!

Many organisations have benefited from software donations from Microsoft, but there are many more still to reach! Help us spread the word to our fellow nonprofits. Check out this great video on the impact of Microsoft software donations and share it with your networks.  You can find more on Facebook and follow via [email protected]