Windows 10: Win10 Upgrade or Restore Rights in Business Environment

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How can I audit the workstations in my environment (on or off a domain) to know if they qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 10?

I understand that, generally speaking the following applies:

• Eligible for free upgrade: Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8.1 Pro
• New license required: Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Enterprise

However, if a computer was previously downgraded from Windows 10 to a different OS, I would assume that Windows 10 can be reinstalled without the need to purchase a new license. Unfortunately, these sites were part of a recent acquisition, so we don't know if they were initially shipped with Windows 10 and downgraded, or if they shipped with the currently installed OS.


How can eligibility for license upgrades be audited to ensure that the Windows 10 installations are compliant with licensing requirements without adding additional licensing costs, and what is the correct process to do so? Should we simply activate the new version using the product key present on the downgraded OS?

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System environment variable won't stick


Running Win10 Home on an Acer Spin 3, 64bit, i7cpu. I try to add a path to the system environment variables by:

1. Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced tab > Environment variables

2. The "Environment Variables" window opens.
3. In the "System Variables" pane I select "Path" and click the EDIT button.
4. A list of the current system paths is displayed.
5. I click the NEW button, browse to the path I want to add which is "C:\Python36-32" and click OK. The path "C:\Python36-32" is added to the list of current system paths.
6. I click OK and am returned to the "Environment Variables" window.
7. I click the "X" at the top right to close the "Environment Variables" window.

Now if I click the "Environment Variables" button again (end of step-1) and repeat steps 2-4, the new path I added in step-5 is gone. IOW, adding a new path won't stick.

What am I doing wrong?

 

Restoring Windows 10 Image using Macrium Reflect


In addition to the above. Here's my suggestion in step by step.
I assume you have Macrium Installed in your current HD and already made a backup copy.

1. Connect your new HD via USB port and boot up.
2. Run Macrium, click on Restore tab then select the Backup Image that you made to restore
3. click on "select a different target disk" then select your new HD as destination
   
   
   
4. Proceed to restore then Shutdown and disconnect the old HD and replace with the new HD
5. Boot up with your new HD.

 

Missing Profile WIN10

Hi Ralph,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused. We are glad to help you.



I request you to check if your profile is listed under users list or not. Follow the below step and check:

• 
  Press Windows key + R.
  
• 
  Type netplwiz in the box and hit enter.
  

If it is not listed, I suggest you to restore the system to the previous point where PC was working normally. To do so kindly follow the below given steps:

• 
  Press Windows + I key and click on Update and security.
  
• 
  Click on Recovery, and click on
  Restart under Advance startup.
  
• 
  In the Windows Recovery Environment, on the Choose an option screen, click
  'Troubleshoot'.
  
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  Click, Advanced Options and then click on
  System Restore.
  
• 
  Follow the onscreen suggestion to restore your PC to earlier point.
  

Hope this helps. Do contact us for further queries. We will be happy to assist you.



Regards,

Jenith