Windows 10: Is there anyway to use a Windows 8.1 product key on Windows 10?

Discus and support Is there anyway to use a Windows 8.1 product key on Windows 10? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi, so back when you could still upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 for free I took the offer. I recently did a fresh install of Windows 10 but I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by 5ax, Jul 10, 2019.

  1. 5AX
    5ax Win User

    Is there anyway to use a Windows 8.1 product key on Windows 10?


    Hi, so back when you could still upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 for free I took the offer. I recently did a fresh install of Windows 10 but I found out that I accidentally installed Windows 10 Pro instead of the Home version. This has caused the "Activate Windows" (which I obviously can't with an 8.1 product key) to appear on the lower right of my screen and has blocked me form accessing some setting in Windows. My question is is there anyway to install a fresh version of Windows 10 Home and still use my old product key? There doesn't seem to be any 8.1 backups on my hard drive and I've tried using the media creation tool to make a Windows 10 Home installer but it won't accept my 8.1 product key. I'd really prefer not to pay another $100 for a new product key.

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    Now that I have finally upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10 will my Windows 8 key work with a fresh install of Windows 10?
     
    Easy Rhino, Jul 10, 2019
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  3. FX-GMC Win User
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    I don't think that tool asks for a key if you are running the version of Windows you are trying to download the ISO for.

     
    FX-GMC, Jul 10, 2019
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    Thanks but I don't want to do any decrypting. I want to download a Win 10 ISO from Microsoft and install it using my Win 8 key. No other steps required. Is that possible?
     
    Easy Rhino, Jul 10, 2019
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