Windows 10: Upgrading Win10 Home (activated) to Pro (not activated)

Hi! I have a Dell laptop running Windows 10 Home activated with a digital license connected to my Microsoft account. I’d like to upgrade to Pro but as I don’t have the money for a new product key I’d like to keep it non-activated. I don’t mind sacrificing personalization features to get BitLocker, RDP, etc.

Unfortunately when I contacted MS support they gave me a “generic key” that should’ve done the upgrade and left Pro non-activated, and when I put it in it asked if I wanted to start the upgrade and upon selecting yes it told me I had an invalid digital license or product key (like the one Windows is currently activated with)! How is that even possible? I got the computer activated from Dell. The key they used to activate it is in the BIOS. There’s no way it can be invalid. Edit: actually I think it meant the one I was typing in. It was a generic key and I guess you’re not allowed to do this exact upgrade anymore.

What can I do?

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