Windows 10: Is there a way to install the Home version of 10 Preview?

Following on from this thread, I wondered if there was an easy way to get 10 Preview to install as the Home, rather than Pro version, so I could have a play and compare features? Ideally I'd want to use an ISO with a VM.

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Is there a way of going back to Windows 10 Home Single Language from Pro?

Sir plz plz help i have also enter the generic key for windows 10 pro, i thought it was original windows 10 pro key but i was wrong Now i have the edition of windows 10 pro but it is not activated.

i miss my windows 10 home single language edition

i have my genuine windows 10 home product key

plz plz help me i am reallly disappointed and hopeless

plz give a solution to go back to my windows 10 home single language

 

Is there a way of going back to Windows 10 Home Single Language from Pro?

So, I did something very stupid.

I used a generic Windows 10 Pro key to upgrade from Home Single Language to Pro

Everything went fine. I though Windows would stay activated since the key was accepted but now it isn't

I still have my Home Single Language key with me... Is there a way of going back?

 

You could try 'Change Product Key' and enter a Core Key but I doubt it will work. No harm in trying though.

Only other thing I can think of is, install WZor's multi language version of Build 10135; it installs Home version by default.
I didn't see any differences to be honest, however, I didn't stay on the Home version very long either.

 

if 10 follows 8 - then bitlocker, remote desktop and domain are the added pro features

Compare Windows 10 Editions & Versions | Home & Pro

 

I did the online upgrade via the insiders page, from 8.1 Core and got 10 Home. It looks like if you clean install you get Pro. Likely because of the key in the PID.txt file is a Pro key. You could delete the PID.txt file from the sources folder and you'll get prompted to enter a key. Enter a Home key and it will install Home. I have no idea where you'd get a Home key though?

 

Thanks for replying. I guess your online upgrade will have inherited the 'Home' status from being installed over 8.1 Core, then?

As you say, finding a Home key might be the blocker....

 

Yes, and Yes. If you upgrade what you get is based on what OS your upgrading from. 7 Ultimate got me 10 Pro for example. I haven't seen any 10 Home keys listed anywhere. You could try a Windows 8.1 Core key.

 

Thanks - although I used to have a Technet account, I only got Pro keys through that route so don't have a spare core one.

 

Windows 8 (core): 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT From here, http://www.eightforums.com/installat...oduct-key.html. May not activate though, should let you install the home version though. Have a look here, Supported Keys looks like Windows 8/8.1 keys do work, or did work with early builds.

 

Thanks - I'll give that a go later (probably at the weekend).

 

Do you have a PC that came with Windows 8.0 or 8.1 from the factory? Do an Upgrade on that PC and you'll get 10 Home.

 

The only device I have which is running Windows 8.1 Core (actually it's 8.1 with Bing but for this purpose I think it's equivalent) is my little tablet. This has a 32GB solid state drive and uses WIMBoot, so I'm expecting the upgrade to Windows 10 to be troublesome, and therefore was going to leave that one a while.

So I'm wondering if the following might work:

• Download 8.1 Core with the Media Creator
• Install in a VM with the key you mentioned
• Try the upgrade to 10 Preview - incidentally can I just run Setup from the ISO or is it more complex than that?

 

Yeah, I'd leave the tablet be.
There is no 8.1 Core with Media Center? Media Center can only be added to Pro. Did you mean 8.1 Core with Bing?
I'm not sure it will let you upgrade to 10 if it's not activated? Yes, running setup should do it.

 

I meant the Media Creation tool thing which lets you download 8.1 ISOs - I've probably got the name wrong as I'm not on my computer right now to look it up.