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    In-place upgrade of Windows 10 Home to Pro

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by saturnotaku, Jun 7, 2017.

  1. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Quick question - can the key from a retail version of Windows 10 Pro, like the one you see here, be used to do an in-place upgrade of Windows 10 Home? I'm pretty sure it can, but the information is a bit vague.

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    Yeah, it takes it as if it were an upgrade card. Sometimes if the hardware already has a "Home" key embedded in the BIOS tables from the OEM, you pretty much have to install Pro that way.
     
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    Yeah, the MSI GT73 I just got must have an embedded Home key because the installer never asked for one, and the OS was activated as soon as I put the machine online. You can buy a Pro upgrade from the Windows 10 store, but that license gets tied to the specific computer it was purchased on, so you couldn't take it with you later like you can with the retail edition.
     
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    Quick answer: Yes. I've done it. No need to reinstall.
     
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    Umm...

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...ome-or-pro-when-installing-windows-10.801046/
     
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    @Phoenix, all true. I install Pro, myself, out of the gate, using either volume license media or customized Pro installation media. What I said was true in context for normal users with default installation media, like @saturnotaku appears to have. For people capable of customizing an ISO, I assumed you knew I wasn't talking to j00. ;) /s But I'm glad you included the link for any lurkers to find.
     
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    Yeah I was going nuts, because when I inserted my Windows 10 ISO Flash Disk, it wouldn't even prompt me for a key and it would just install the Home Edition since it picks up the key of the Home Edition that's injected in my UEFI BIOS then I would have to upgrade using the Pro key that I purchased separately. I didn't like that, and did some research to force the installer to ignore the built in UEFI key and prompt you for which edition j00 \/\/!$|-| +0 !n$+411 :eek:
     
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