Windows 10: Switching Windows 10 Home and Pro

Hi,

I had windows 10 Pro on PC1 and windows 10 Home on PC2. I needed to switch Home and Pro between PC1 and PC2 i.e PC1 to have Home and PC2 to have Pro. I created Windows 10 Home USB flash bootable drive from PC2. Installed Windows 10 Home on PC1 from USB drive. I had already copied keys from both the machines. After installation of Home on PC1 I activated windows using key of PC2this is key for Windows 10 Home. So, PC1 got Windows 10 Home. But, on PC2 when I tried to upgrade to Pro using key from PC1 this is product key for Pro the windows got activated but still the "System->About" is showing Windows 10 Home. When I checked key on both the machines they were still showing old keys i.e PC1 still had Pro key while PC2 had Home key. Below is the command I used to get product key.

Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService'.

Can anyone please suggest any solution.


Thanks,

Kislay

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Should I buy Windows 10 Home or Pro?

Pro.

I have Home at work. Turns out looking at all these "smart" bloggers who build lists explaining stuff to us, like the many differences between home vs pro, it turns out....there is no difference.

Ohhh! W8. Until you need to edit the core features ,and then googling , turns out Home has many limitations.

Don't look at it as Pro...as in Professional . I think it's a mistake. Just look at it as a full product.
So the question is, do you want the entire Windows, or just 70% of it ?

 

Can't upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro

Hi Bill,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We apologize for the inconvenience caused and will assist you in the best possible ways.

I suggest you to download and create an installation media for Windows 10 Pro form the link provided below:

Download Windows 10

After the installation media is created, suggest you to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro from the installation media. When the upgrade asks for product key, enter the product key purchased for Windows 10 Pro. If it does not accept, suggest you to skip the activation
step. After the Operating System is installed, suggest you to activate by phone by following the steps below:

• Press “Windows key + R” and type “slui 4” and press Enter.
• Select the Region from the list and click Next.
• Call the Toll-Free number provided on top and can activate via phone.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

 

Windows 10 Home to Pro

Its seems your computer might have been inadvertently been upgraded to Windows 10 Pro.

The copy of Windows 10 you download and upgrade from will correspond with the edition of Windows you have installed, if it does not, this is why you might be experiencing problems activating:

• Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Windows 8.0 Core, Windows 8.1 Core will install Windows 10 Home
  

• Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8.0 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro will installWindows 10 Pro

To find out if you have the right edition installed:

Click Start > Settings > Update & security > Activation > Edition.

If the edition of Windows 10 installed does not correspond with the edition of Windows 7 or Windows 8 you were previously running, then you need to reinstall the right edition.

If the wrong edition is installed, you will have to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Home.

Step 1: download, create a bootable copy:

How
to download official Windows 10 ISO files

Step 2: perform a custom install:

• How to: Perform a clean install of Windows 10