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Sofie Kovalcheck
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 have an old, well second hand Dell power edge 840 server. I'm thinking of repurposing this thing as a home desktop system. so far I installed 3 gigs of off the shelf DDR2 5300 desktop ram, got it booting, I also rigged it to boot from the raid, got installed and working a sound blaster audigy SE soundcard (I'm listening to youtube while posting this. it is running windows 7 home premium, now my dilemma is video, the onboard ATI ES1000 aint gonna cut it, I'm leaning toward an Nvidia PCI-E x1 server card (1GB DDR3 onboard) I'm wondering are there any other vendors that work with dell's x1 PCI-E slot format?
There isn't an issue re purposing the server to a desktop. The issue you are running into is that very few of the Poweredge line support using a 3rd party graphics card, as it conflicts with the embedded video. Now that being said, that doesn't mean that there won't be one that could work, it just isn't a tested configuration so we wouldn't even have a suggestion of one that will work.
For example fan noise can be reduced by using different fans than spin slower but the downside is thay may trigger a low fan speed error and the system will force them to high speed. See here and here for some details on solving this for other dell servers than yours (but it will give you an idea).
As for the graphics card problem, this is a different nut to crack and will require some web searching. Possibly someone has found a card that works with your server or possibly not. Or you can look into bios modding as its possible Dell has simply hidden the embedded video disable option within the bios (i've never checked dells server bioses). Otherwise you could explore using a USB3 card and USB3 graphics device. Anything is possible really but you need to check things out yourself and find an understanding computer shop that will take returns should your purchased hardware not work for you.
The reality is that a new desktop based i7 will have more grunt than an old server box and be much easier to live with. But it all depends on why you want to go that old server route... if it's to save lots of money on a powerful sstem, then you may find this to be a bit of a false belief...
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