Windows 10: Windows 11 Upgrade from Home to Pro Not Working

Discus and support Windows 11 Upgrade from Home to Pro Not Working in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi,I have a laptop that came with Windows 11 Home Edition and I purchased a retail key for Windows 11 Pro Edition.I attempted to change the product key... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by H Reddy, Mar 17, 2025.

  1. H Reddy Win User

    Windows 11 Upgrade from Home to Pro Not Working


    Hi,I have a laptop that came with Windows 11 Home Edition and I purchased a retail key for Windows 11 Pro Edition.I attempted to change the product key in System > Activation but I received an error, then followed the steps here:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-11-pro-upgrade-failed-error-code0xc004f050/d1f4d645-6937-49cb-9362-96674363c6a3The laptop did some updates, after which I tried entering the key, however, I'm receiving a new error as follows: We can't activate Windows on this device because the product key was already used on another device. If you think

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    H Reddy, Mar 17, 2025
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  2. JonGrimes Win User

    Windows 11 Pro Upgrade from Windows 10 Pro Edition

    No but after it installed the malfunctioning Windows 11 upgrade it was listed as Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft Windows support advised I reinstall Windows 10 Pro and said that Windows 11 is really only meant for new PC's that come with it preinstalled. MSI website doesn't list my 2020 GT76 Titan dt-039 notebook on their Windows 11 upgrade eligibility list so I guess that's why the Windows 11 Pro upgrade failed. I suggest being careful with trying the Windows 11 upgrade despite it stating my notebook was capable of running Windows 11 it was wrong. Luckily I have the original Windows 10 Pro USB Flash drive because the Windows 11 Pro upgrade was so incomplete I had no way of reverting notebook back to Windows 10 without reinstalling from a USB Flash.
     
    JonGrimes, Mar 17, 2025
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  3. JBryan41 Win User
    Windows 11 Home to Pro upgrade

    Want to upgrade 11 Home to 11 Pro. Tried download, but apparently files transferred were for 11 Enterprise. This will not activate; error is "invalid digital license or product key". This is on a new Surface. How to proceed?

    Can withdraw/delete this. The suggestion to downgrade - listed below - with a 'fake' windows 10 key works.
     
    JBryan41, Mar 17, 2025
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  4. Windows 11 Upgrade from Home to Pro Not Working

    Upgrading to windows 11

    I have a few questions about windows 11...

    1. How many GB it is? when my pc suggested the upgrade yesterday, it said it's about 4GB just want to be sure.
    2. I'm using a windows 10 pro so if I upgrade, will it upgrade to a windows 11 pro?
     
    UcheBulama, Mar 17, 2025
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