Windows 10: Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit RTM doesn’t boot

The Enterprise version of Windows activates different than the consumer version does. A company can buy a group of Licenses and manage what PC's they use them on themselves. They can setup their own Key Management Server. KMS. Your laptop likely doesn't activate through a Microsoft Activation Server like a consumer version does. It activates though that companies KMS server. It's also timed to expire if it can't connect to the KMS server in a set period. Anyway, Enterprise is excluded from the free upgrade because its a business OS licensed by that business. If you had upgraded it would have asked for a new product code, one you don't have. If that laptop originally shipped from the factory with Windows 8 or 8.1 preinstalled, the product code is embedded in the BIOS. showkey will tell you if its there or not. If it's there you can legally install Windows 8.1 on it. Then you are eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 10. Once you upgrade to Windows 10 and activate. You can then just clean install Windows 10 if need be. You don't have to do the upgrade the second time around.

 

Clear now, thanks.

 

Aside from a different key, the install, and boot process of Enterprise is exactly the same as home edition, pro edition, etc.

 

I see now, thank you.