Windows 10: Installation setup Home instead of Pro.

Discus and support Installation setup Home instead of Pro. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Today I had to do a clean install of Win10 which I did from a USB with the Win 10 install software on it. When completed the installation I notice... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by pewe, Apr 3, 2016.

  1. pewe Win User

    Installation setup Home instead of Pro.


    Today I had to do a clean install of Win10 which I did from a USB with the Win 10 install software on it.

    When completed the installation I notice it is now running 10 Home.

    When I run ShowKey it seems that the installation has picked up the original 8.1 OEM key from the bios and installed 10 Home.
    When I try to change the product key and enter the 8.1 Pro key in Settings/Activation the response is 'You are running Windows 10 Home. The Key you entered cannot be used to activate this edition'

    Anyone any suggestions how to get around this problem.

    TIA

    :)
     
    pewe, Apr 3, 2016
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  2. ES11111 Win User

    Windows 10 licence expiration

    I decided to run the ISO setup

    Disaster it is installing Windows Pro agan instead of Home. Yet when I downloaded the ISO (whatever that means) it It said it had both Pro and home

    How do I find the Home?

    Please help
     
    ES11111, Apr 3, 2016
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  3. Windows 10 Pro instead of Home after Home to Pro upgrade

    I have a laptop that had Windows 10 Home.

    I bought a license key for Windows 10 Pro and upgraded the laptop.

    Once everything was done I created media for re-installation because I wanted to do a clean install, because in the past if I left it alone from an upgrade things just wouldn't work well.

    So I installed Windows 10 fresh after cleaning the drive and it installed Windows 10 home. I don't want to put in the license key and have it upgrade to pro again, because as mentioned I want it to be a straightforward clean install.

    How do I get it to install pro only and ask me for the key?
     
    RockstarAgent, Apr 3, 2016
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  4. NavyLCDR New Member

    Installation setup Home instead of Pro.

    Change the product key to the Windows 10 Pro generic product key. It ends in -3V66T

    How to get Windows 10 product key and start activation

    If you insert a PID.txt file containing the Windows 10 Pro generic product key into your installation USB, it will install Pro automatically and skip checking the BIOS for which version to install. Google PID.txt.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 3, 2016
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  5. pewe Win User
    Thanks Navy.

    Just after posting I came across this page and followed the instructions - which also mentioned the generic key, and this worked.

    I also added the 8.1 pro key to the /sources directory in the root of the Win 10 USB stick for future reference.

    Thanks for your input.
     
    pewe, Apr 3, 2016
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  6. NavyLCDR New Member
    It's the Windows 10 Pro generic key you will want in the PID.txt file in the /sources directory - not the Windows 8.1 Pro key.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 3, 2016
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  7. pewe Win User
    Thanks for the heads-up.

    My search came up with lots about using PID for Win 8 and they all seemed to suggest using the purchased product key.

    If the Generic key works, doesn't that make it possible for anyone to install Win 10 pro without buying a license?
     
    pewe, Apr 3, 2016
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  8. NavyLCDR New Member

    Installation setup Home instead of Pro.

    Yep. But there is a big difference between installing Windows 10 Pro and activating Windows 10 Pro. You can install Windows 10 Pro with the generic product key (and even with no product key at all) - but it won't activate unless there is a matching digital entitlement for it installed on that computer on Microsoft activation servers - or a unique product key for Windows 10 Pro is entered.

    Your computer has a digital entitlement for Windows 10 Pro stored on Microsoft activation servers and that is how it activates from the generic product key.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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