I just experienced a new kind of weirdness. I bought a new microsoft windows 10 pro wikipedia free download laptop with windows 10 home preinstalled on it. After some experiments, I found that windows store makes upgrading to pro just impossible, at least for me.
This machine has no DVD and to be honest non of our workstations at the office have. First I went to the system page, microsoft windows 10 pro wikipedia free download that one didn't recognized my product key, so well, I downloaded the mediacreationtool that I used to install countless workstations with windows 10 some years ago normally I can just select my version and hit the download iso option.
Ok, no worries, it will probably make me select the version once I copy the ISO on my USB drive and then install that copy on my asus laptop Not only was I forced to create an windows account and listen to cortana, what? How in heavens name do I get my hands on a official windows 10 pro iso?
Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. As the others have posted, you can upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro by just changing the product key to enter the Pro key. I tried that, but it tells me the product key didn't work. I just bought it from a well known reseller and had to carefully pull away microsoft windows 10 pro wikipedia free download protective layer to make the product key visible.
I did install new windows 10 after removing all my old partitions from my systems SSD. The installation came from my USB stick which I created with the mediacreationtool. Weird, I though the license key was entered by the manufacturer in the boot firmware UEFI in order to avoid people loosing their product keys Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.
Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. Hi, I just experienced a new kind of weirdness. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Frederik Long. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Hello Johannes, i'm Timon and i'm glad to help you.
Shawn Brink MVP. Hello Johannes, As the others have posted, you can upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro by just changing the product key to enter the Pro key. If you like, the tutorial below can provide more details on the process for how to do this. In reply to Frederik Long's post on December 23, Could it be that this is a OEM product key version? Yes I tried it that way too! But the product key keeps getting refused. Is it possible that it is not working because the product key is for a OEM license?
Thanks for the reply. It should work with an OEM key. Let's try with the Window 10 Pro default product key. This will allow you to upgrade your Windows 10 Home to Pro, but it will not activate Pro. That worked and was immediately accepted. I contacted the reseller as well, and sended them my product key with microsoft windows 10 pro wikipedia free download screen shot.
They and I never experienced something like this before. Ow oeps, I got the following message: 'Unable to upgrade your edition' 'We can't active windows on this device because you don't have a valid digital license or product key. Indeed, the product key microsoft windows 10 pro wikipedia free download be embedded with your computer. In summary, you reinstalled Windows 10 Home and it's not activated anymore.
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