The order of operations for ver 1511 and ver 1607 Windows setup is:ġ. Unless the OP is installing Home Single Language edition or using an original build 10240 copy of Windows to install. Shouldn't there have been a menu to select Home or Pro after that?Yep. Windows 7 as original OS means no embedded key. Try 'Change product key' in Settings > Update & security > Activation. The good news is that (assuming its a full retail key and not an OEM one) your 8.1 Pro key should be accepted to upgrade your installed Home to Pro without the need to reinstall. If so, that would have been picked up by Setup when choosing which version of 10 to install. My PRO version is now HOME! What? How do I fix this?ĭo I have to start over, install the original 8.1 with the valid key and then reinstall Windows 10, undoing everything I've managed to get done over the past two days?Your valid Windows 8.1 Pro, was that a retail version that you purchased? I suspect the PC was originally supplied with 8.1 Home with a key for that embedded in its hardware.

I bought a new drive, and started the install. However, I had a valid Windows 8.1 Pro, which I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. I skipped the key part, because every where I looked, it was stated that the installation would activate the prior version.

My PRO version is now HOME! What? How do I fix this? I am in a flummoxed condition, because NONE of my machines have EVER been Home, ever.ĭo I have to start over, install the original 8.1 with the valid key and then reinstall Windows 10, undoing everything I've managed to get done over the past two days? I'm really, really ready to cry. I skipped the license key, because everyone here says the key is already restored. I have finally been cruising along, adding my users, system restore states, barebones system restore, all the things you're supposed to do. So, I bought a new drive, and started the install, moving the user folders to the old, completely wiped clean, drive, using the technique used here.

My drive, over the year, got buggy (especially with one who knows nothing and another who does enough to get into trouble). However, I had a valid Windows 8.1 Pro, which I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro, using the free download. After finally getting my drives to work (as whined about in a prior thread and I will update there), I did a clean install of Windows 10.

Windows clean reinstall