Windows 10: Reinstalled W10 on my laptop that originally came with Pro version and now it has Home.

Discus and support Reinstalled W10 on my laptop that originally came with Pro version and now it has Home. in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; As the title states, I recently reinstalled W10 on my laptop and just realized that it now has Windows 10 Home edition. How can I upgrade it? I don't... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/demilp, Jul 28, 2020.

  1. /u/demilp Win User

    Reinstalled W10 on my laptop that originally came with Pro version and now it has Home.


    As the title states, I recently reinstalled W10 on my laptop and just realized that it now has Windows 10 Home edition.

    How can I upgrade it? I don't have any product key.

    I thought that the licence was associated to the hardware and I didn't need to enter any key.

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    /u/demilp, Jul 28, 2020
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  2. Vayra86 Win User

    W10 Home > Pro

    Question:

    right now I made a bootable USB for W10, off my current installation which is a W10 Home.

    Monday I'll use that on my new rig but I want to move to W10 Pro on that one. Is this possible with my bootable USB setup? My guess is that you just re-pick your version based on the activation code, amirite?
     
    Vayra86, Jul 28, 2020
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  3. peterjax Win User
    W8.1 pro upgrades to W10 Home

    My laptop, running W8.1 pro was upgraded to W10, but the version is W10 Home. How can I revert back to W10 Pro? Why did it not upgrade to W10 Pro initially?
     
    peterjax, Jul 28, 2020
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  4. trashbag Win User

    Reinstalled W10 on my laptop that originally came with Pro version and now it has Home.

    Reusing W10 Home product key after upgrading to W10 Pro

    A long time ago I upgraded a computer from W10 Home to W10 Pro. This was a custom build and both the original W10 Home activation and the new W10 Pro activation were done via product keys ordered from Amazon.

    No Microsoft account has ever been involved with either key. Back in May of this year I completely reinstalled Windows but I don't really recall if I had to reactivate the license or not.

    And now I'm wondering if I could reuse the original W10 Home product key on another computer, and if it would affect the current W10 Pro activation in any way. Would the original Home product key still be tied to my main computer's motherboard or did that history get wiped when I upgraded to Pro?
     
    trashbag, Jul 28, 2020
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Reinstalled W10 on my laptop that originally came with Pro version and now it has Home.

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