Windows 10: Activating Win 10 after hardware change - downgraded from Win10 Pro to Win10 Home

Discus and support Activating Win 10 after hardware change - downgraded from Win10 Pro to Win10 Home in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I changed out a broken display panel and switched from a bad HD to a new SSD and when I installed 1803 it installed as Home and not Pro. The device... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by John C Hannigan, Sep 18, 2018.

  1. Activating Win 10 after hardware change - downgraded from Win10 Pro to Win10 Home


    I changed out a broken display panel and switched from a bad HD to a new SSD and when I installed 1803 it installed as Home and not Pro. The device appears on my account as Pro, but now I am downgraded.

    How can I resolve this to get back to the Win10 Pro version?

    :)
     
    John C Hannigan, Sep 18, 2018
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  2. Hodakiin Win User

    Win10 won't activate after RAM change

    Hey! I replaced my old RAM cards with two new ones, and now I'm stuck with a "activate windows" prompt in the bottom right corner of my screen. The troubleshooter does not seem to do anything (tried checking the changed hardware option + chose my device
    in the list of devices + it said win10 was now activated.... but the prompt won't leave.)

    I got win10 during the free upgrade period, and thus I don't have a product key... Any suggestions?
     
    Hodakiin, Sep 18, 2018
    #2
  3. Toothless Win User
    Win10 updates

    It took me forever to get used to 8.1 after being with 7 and I really don't care for DX12 since it's a POS right now. If Win10+DX12 kicked in instantly with my SLI then I'd be on the bandwagon but it's not worth it imho since there's really nothing I need in Win10.

    Also my mother's laptop has Win10 and that right there has so much sh*t wrong with it and the poor thing is used for word processing and printing stuff.
     
    Toothless, Sep 18, 2018
    #3
  4. user33331 Win User

    Activating Win 10 after hardware change - downgraded from Win10 Pro to Win10 Home

    Win10: windows update stuck at never ending loop ?

    When in win10:
    • Update&security -> Windows update -> Finding update... .... .... ....
    Planning to download the latest Win10.ISO (vers.1803) and manually update:
    - Then wait that my ordered new SSD arrives and clone the old HDD to it.
     
    user33331, Sep 18, 2018
    #4
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