How to upgrade my PC from Windows 10 Home to Pro?

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I am not sure the process. I had Windows 10 Home installed in my old PC which I wanted to transfer to my newly built PC using the windows installation media.

But now I am considering to upgrade from Home to Pro before I have a few clarification

Windows 10 Installed in a New PC but not activated? Do I need to activate before upgrading to Pro?

Do I need to freshly installed the Windows 10 Pro using its media tool again or is there any simple licensing only step to perform?

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Hello @Kareem2002
Just read the information of following link supported by windows, it would solve your all doubts.

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Hi @Kareem2002,

Upgrading from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro is very simply.

If you’ve received a full copy of Windows Pro instead of an upgrade copy, you should be able to move that Home license to a new machine. You can do this if you installed Home yourself, but not to a copy of Home that came pre-installed on your PC. When you buy a new PC, you typically get a cheaper copy of Windows than if you bought it at retail, but it’s bound to that particular PC.

Since you had a full operating system before this upgrade, you can remove it from its current machine and use it on another. You’re effectively reinstalling your original license, which will make the upgrade available again.

Hope this helps :slightly_smiling_face:

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  1. Make sure you’re up to date on any Windows Updates .
  2. Navigate again to Start Menu > Settings > Updates and Security > Activation.
  3. Under Activation, select Change product key. …
  4. Enter the 25-digit Windows Pro Product Key.
  5. Select Next.
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you can see a detailed solution here :

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Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro via the Windows Store

If you haven’t paid anything for the upgrade yet, and no one has handed you a copy of Pro, the most straightforward way to upgrade is using the Windows Store. In order to upgrade, take the following steps:

  1. First, make sure your PC doesn’t have any pending updates.

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  1. Next, select the Start Menu , then select Settings .

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  1. Select Update & Security .

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  1. Select Activation on the left-hand menu.

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  1. Select Go to the Store .

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  1. This will lead you to the Windows Store where you can purchase the upgrade by selecting the Buy button.

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  1. Log in with your Microsoft account, then enter your payment method. Windows will upgrade in no time flat.

Upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro via a License Key/Digital License

If you do have a copy of Windows 10 Pro, or maybe you found a retail copy of the upgrade for less than Microsoft charges, you’ll have a Product Key (alternately called a license key) that enables Windows 10 Pro. You’ll need it to replace your current license key. To do so:

If you’ve received a full copy of Windows Pro instead of an upgrade copy, you should be able to move that Home license to a new machine. You can do this if you installed Home yourself, but not to a copy of Home that came pre-installed on your PC. When you buy a new PC, you typically get a cheaper copy of Windows than if you bought it at retail, but it’s bound to that particular PC.

  1. Make sure you’re up to date on any Windows Updates.

  2. Navigate again to Start Menu > Settings > Updates and Security > Activation .

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  1. Under Activation, select Change product key . The Product Key window will open.

  2. Enter the 25-digit Windows Pro Product Key.

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  1. Select Next . If your key is correct, the upgrade will start, and you’ll soon get a message that Windows has been upgraded.

How to Transfer Your Windows 10 Pro Upgrade

Since you had a full operating system before this upgrade, you can remove it from its current machine and use it on another. You’re effectively reinstalling your original license, which will make the upgrade available again. If you need to do this:

  1. Look at the bottom of your Windows laptop, or on the top/side of a desktop tower. There might be a sticker there showing your original Windows product key; alternatively, it might be in the manuals and other material that came in your PC’s box.

  2. Enter the key in the Change product key dialog as noted above, and you’ll effectively “downgrade” to your old Home license.

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  1. Your upgrade license should now be freed up to be installed on another machine.

Try to do this while you’re online, so Microsoft can register that you removed the Pro upgrade.