Windows 10: PC bugged when writing Pro license key in Home

Hello!

I built a computer for a friend recently, and I installed Windows from a Usb stick created on my machine, wich is Windows 10 Home.

We installed the Home version on his machine (we had a few problems when installing), but he didn't have a license key. After some time, the PC is working fine, he bought his license key, a Pro key. We entered the key, and it prompted us to upgrade our OS to Windows 10 Pro, wich we said yes. It didn't work (no connection to the server)

From here it's complicated. His machine started to malfunction weirdly, like we couldn't have internet from apps like Steam, Mail, but from a web browser it worked... and we finally were able to roll back to an old save.

Is it "normal" to have problems like that, and what should I do for them not to happen again if we try to apply the key again?

Thanks for your answers

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