Windows 10: What should I do for my oem key which I got with the laptop

Laptop

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Windows 7 OEM key

Perhaps the OEM key has been used a few times already and cannot be used again.
I have changed motherboards in laptops and the OEM key worked, without having to call Microsoft.

 

Why are there 2 different keys for Windows 10 on OEM Laptop?

Hi,

Just to answer your questions..

1. Was the OS installed already when you purchased the PC or were you given a key &/or DVD with the OS?

OS was pre-installed OEM Windows 10 Pro. The SLP key is already there in BIOS and as I did a clean install using Windows 10 ISO downloaded using Windows Media Creation Tool, the installer automatically picked it from the SLP and
installed Windows 10 Pro on to it and activated it. I never had to enter any key anywhere due to OEM system

1. Was the PC purchased from a retail store or a PC repair/specialist?

It's an Acer B117 Laptop purchased in retail from Amazon.com

1. As stated usually PCs arrive with Home installed rather than Pro.

Yes, however there are a handful of Laptops that do ship with Windows 10 Pro OEM for a bit higher price that those with Home

1. As long as the OS activated successfully then you should be OK.

I agree, nothing is broken, so there's nothing to fix. I have a genuine Windows 10 Pro OEM Licences. I was just curious about the reason for 2 different keys. The knowledge I had so far was that your Windows 10 key resides
in BIOS for OEM. So I thought it must be same as what third party tools would return as your Windows 10 Key, after its activation, but it is different from what's there in BIOS.

Thanks for your support.

 

Upgrade a Win 10 home OEM to Win 10 Pro OEM with Win 10 Pro OEM Key?

I recently purchased a laptop that has an OEM version of Win 10 Home on it.

I verified this by using : slmgr -dli.

Previously I had purchased an OEM Win 10 Pro Key.

Can I use this OEM Win 10 Pro Key to upgrade the OEM Win 10 Home to the OEM Win 10 Pro.

If so what are the steps to accomplish this?

In addition, I assume that is this is possible, that the current product key will be updated to the new product key?

The reason I am asking this is that it's my understanding that these product keys are tied to the bios on a name brand laptop.

TIA