Re: Actualizar Windows 10 Home A Windows 10 Pro
Siri Vonbank
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My brand new XPS-15 arrives today - obtained at short notice with Windows 10 Home edition installed. I only use Windows 10 Pro edition. What is the most straightforward way for me to upgrade to the Pro edition - ideally retaining a Dell installation image (with all the Dell add-ins, drivers etc). I do not intend activating the Home version.
I'm hoping that the current installation already has the pro features present (but locked) and can only be 'unlocked' by a Pro License Key. That would be great - is that way forward feasible. Please comment on whether a Dell(OEM) license key would be required or a Microsoft Sourced one.
To upgrade from Windows 10 Home if you have a Windows 10 product key:
Select the Start button, then select Settings > Update & security > Activation.
Select Change product key, and then enter the 25-character Windows 10 Pro product key.
Select Next to start the upgrade to Windows 10 Pro
@EddieZe Wow that ! Sorry to hear that... Does not look good for me then, that's exactly what I need to do. But "Tech specialist" (or something like that) here told me that it should work no problem.
Clearly there is a problem here. As others have reported it is NOT as easy as entering a Pro License Key. That fails for me as it has failed for others. Dell should have a documented path from home to pro that works and document that on dell.com. OR they should tell us why an upgrade won't work. I ended up in the Windows 10 Enterprise state after a failed update after entering the lic key. Microsoft said only a clean install using a Windows 10 Pro image off a USB bootable drive would work. It didn't as when you boot from the USB drive it cannot see they main drive for some (possible secure boot related) reason.
Here is what worked for me:
After you try to activate from Win 10 Home to Pro and get the error message, try to install windows updates and than restart your PC, than come back to This COmputer, go to change product key and insert your new win 10 pro product key. The activation was successful for me after this. Hope this helps someone - btw, I have Dell G5 - 5500, brand new with win 10 home.
Have a nice day guys.
Step 8 : Install temporarily a generic license key that allows to upgrade to Pro. This will trigger the upgrade, then reboot the computer several times. This generic key but cannot be activated, so you'll need your own Pro license key to setup immediately after the upgrade. Copy and paste the following instructions in the command line prompt and type enter :
I know that I can sign in with a personal Microsoft account (or create a local account), upgrade windows, join the device to AD and then switch to logging in with a corporate account. I would like to know:
In the OOBE, you can press SHIFT-F10 to open a console. I believe that Changepk.exe can be used to upgrade from Home to Pro given the right key. Will this work from the command line in the OOBE? It would save a lot of faff with unnecessary local accounts.
Once you hit the login screen, press F10 to open CMD. Technically you can open CMD while it's installing Updates but I don't recommend this because it will restart without warning and might interrupt the following process.
I wanted to add a note to the above answer. For many, they will have to press shift+f10 and maybe shift+fn+f10 to get the CMD to pop up. I don't have enough points to comment on amazing answer by Baa.
I want to thank you. I work for a small business. Well, not super small anymore, we have 80 employees now. But we were only 4 3 years ago. I buy computers mostly from Costco on sale and so they always have Windows Home. I have had to go through the steps of creating either a MS account user or local user in setup and then do the migration to Pro inside of windows. I had to install a bunch of software first too. Your trick really saved me a ton of time. I am so grateful!!! I am going to be using this trick for years to come. I setup 5-10 computers a month. We have pro keys but honestly it was more work entering them than your quick trick. I built an Azure active directory and use intune to keep all the computers organized. Your method instantly adds the new computer to my dashboard. This process took so much work before.
I have genuine windows 10 home when i bought the laptop(hp 15 ay122ne) now i want to upgrade windows 10 home to Pro , so can anyone suggest best way to do that..? like where can i get or buy product key for windows 10 pro..?
yaa i go through the steps above...but can you recommend any other way to get or buy product key other Microsoft store because its expensive for me, its coming around Rs. 8k total, is there any cheap way to buy the product key...?
ooh OK then, if i upgrade to windows 10 pro through Microsoft store in my PC, later if i changed or bought a new laptop can i still use the windows 10 pro by using the same product key or sign in using Microsoft account linked..??
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Exterior condensation can form in warm weather. On a hot, humid day, cool air inside your house can cause the temperature of the outside surface of the window to drop below the dew point, which leads to condensation.
Although not on Win10 Home per se, for evaluation purposes you can install Docker Desktop on a Win10 Pro virtual machine (VMWare player is my personal choice). You'll need to install VMWare Workstation Player which is free, and obtain a perfectly legal Win10 Pro image from microsoft directly here: -us/software-download/windows10
Join windows insider program. It enables you to update latest content of windows 10. You can find it in the start-> settings. Make sure to select Release Preview in the Insider program.(otherwise you will not get latest updates. After the installation you can pause frequent updates)
Enable the 'Virtual Machine Platform'Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestartRestart your machine to complete the WSL install and update to WSL 2.
Legacy desktop solution. Docker Toolbox is for older Mac and Windows systems that do not meet the requirements of 'Docker Desktop for Mac' and 'Docker Toolbox on Windows'. We recommend updating to the newer applications, if possible.
Secondly as a small completion to their answer, in case you are wondering where you can get a Pro version of Windows without breaking the bank, you can get a relatively cheap and legal Windows 10 pro cd-key from ebay and upgrade you version from Windows settings -> Activation.
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