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  1. I had a copy of windows 8.1 professional when I upgraded to Windows 10 it installed Windows...


    I had a copy of Windows 8.1 professional when I upgraded to Windows 10 it installed Windows home shouldn't I have Windows professional installed instead help

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    TerenceBent, Nov 19, 2022
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  2. CK011885 Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?
     
    CK011885, Nov 19, 2022
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  3. Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

    Nope, you need to install Windows 10 first and make sure the Windows 7 key is transferred to your Windows account after you've installed Windows 10 (not quite sure how that works). I missed the last step and I could not activate Windows 10 after a re-install... Microsoft seem to have done everything they can to make it a PITA. Also, it's technically too late to do this now anyhow, as the upgrade offer has expired. But KMSPico works quite well...

    As for getting rid of Windows, delete the Windows folder.
     
    TheLostSwede, Nov 19, 2022
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  4. r.h.p Win User

    I had a copy of windows 8.1 professional when I upgraded to Windows 10 it installed Windows...

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    What's your intended PC specs ??
     
    r.h.p, Nov 19, 2022
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