Windows 10: Windows Pro key nowhere to be found after buying upgrade from MS Store

Discus and support Windows Pro key nowhere to be found after buying upgrade from MS Store in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; After buying upgrade from Home to Pro from MS Store my credit card was billed and i see invoice paid in my account page but no product in product page,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Kristjan Paluoja, Apr 20, 2023.

  1. Windows Pro key nowhere to be found after buying upgrade from MS Store


    After buying upgrade from Home to Pro from MS Store my credit card was billed and i see invoice paid in my account page but no product in product page, Clicking on paid invoice opens a blind link.So I was charged by MS Store and received no product.Details: yes I used same account for buying - have only one accountI received also an email but no product keyI bought the upgrade in Thailand store by changing region to Thailand first to use my Thai credit card since i now live here by default it was USOriginal account was long time ago registered in EuropeComputer was bought also in Thailand if

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    Kristjan Paluoja, Apr 20, 2023
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  2. NavyLCDR Win User

    Method of buying Home to Pro Upgrade that gets a Re-usable Key?

    And he got that one wrong too. First, if the computer came from the manufacturer with Windows 10 Home, the product key for Windows 10 Home is stored in UEFI and cannot be removed. A reinstall of Windows 10 will, by default, install the version it fingds a product key for in UEFI/BIOS and it will activate. The user must take active steps to get Windows 10 Pro to install if there is a product key for Home stored in UEFI/BIOS. Second, there are plenty of us members here, including myself, who upgraded our Windows 7 and 8 Home versions to Windows 10 Home and then subsequently upgraded to Windows 10 Pro later. Our computers, including mine, will activate via digital license on both Home and Pro versions.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 20, 2023
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  3. ondablade Win User
    Method of buying Home to Pro Upgrade that gets a Re-usable Key?

    Hi all. I'm sure it's not new information, but the Microsoft store in the UK has just told me that they will sell a Win 10 Home to Pro upgrade (if I can find it on the site, it's far from obvious where it's offered - clearly not high on their priority list), but not provide a product key with it. I've just bought a new Asus notebook with Win 10 Home installed as OEM.

    Meaning that getting clean install of Win 10 Pro on it requires first clean installing WIn 10 Home using the OEM key and then buying the upgrade to Pro.

    Which still isn't much use since without a key for Pro I'd have to buy the upgrade yet again in say 12m if I did another clean install for maintenance purposes. I couldn't install the Pro on another PC if I bought one either.

    It seems very harsh of Microsoft to force an existing Win 10 Home customer to buy either a highly compromised upgrade which makes no sense at all, or failing that the full Pro licence at double the price (around £200) to get the Pro key. Especially given all the free upgrades sloshing about in 2015.

    Does anybody know of a way around this?

    Thanks
     
    ondablade, Apr 20, 2023
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  4. Windows Pro key nowhere to be found after buying upgrade from MS Store

    why there is just one way to upgrade from W10 Home to W10 Pro?

    You can purchase a full license key, but keep in mind, the full retail license for Windows 10 Pro is more expensive than the $99 upgrade through the Store.

    Step 1: Purchase license for Windows 10 Pro, then receive your key:

    Buy Windows 10 Home/Pro

    Step 2: Perform an Easy Upgrade using the key:

     
    Andre Da Costa, Apr 20, 2023
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