Windows 10: Upgrading Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro

Howdy All *Cool
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My new laptop* came with Windows 10 Home installed; pretty standard I believe.
I've heard I can upgrade to Pro with an old Windows 7 Pro Key and I've reviewed some steps online.
History has told me to check with you folks before making any major changes.
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I'm looking for the best (safest) way to implement this change.

*Lenovo Yoga 730 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop, Intel Core i5, 8GB Memory, 256GB SSD

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Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

I really hate having to come here and ask for help, but I really am stumped. It hurts my geek pride. I have a PC with fairly modern hardware in it. It has a p8p67 pro in it. I have tried upgrading windows 10 on it twice now. Both times I have had the same result.

After windows finishes upgrading it goes to the log in/set up screen. I can't do anything. No keyboard or mouse input is accepted.

I will list some, or hopefully all, of the troubleshooting steps I have tried:

• Move keyboard and mouse to different USB ports.
• Try different keyboard or mouse.
• Restart computer, repeatedly.
• Google for related issues.
• Update Bios, because why not.
• Create boot media and revert to windows 7.

The windows 10 system restore boot media works fine with keyboard and mouse. All USB ports work in windows 7. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect that windows 10 is lacking a driver of some sort, but since the computer accepts no input I have no way of checking for which driver let alone installing it.

Please help me figure this out. If I have to revert back to windows 7 again, I am not going to get it upgraded to windows 10. Thank you in advanced.

 

Windows 10 Release Date Announced

Windows 10 Home will be $119, Pro $199.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-windows-10-home-costs-119-pro-costs-199



Which is good news actually, because Windows 8.1 is loads cheaper than previous versions (retail licensing at Windows 7 OEM prices). And it sort of puts a huge hole in the Windows subscription theory.

 

Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

i've seen this when the stock USB drivers went kaput. Only ever seen it once - i used a PCI USB 2.0 card and connected the mouse and keyboard to that, and manually updated the USB 2/USB 3 drivers.