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Using a generic key can be helpful if you wanted to install or upgrade to a specific Windows 10/11 edition for evaluation or testing on a PC or virtual machine, or just don't have a digital license or your genuine product key currently available and you will activate later when able.
Learn how to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro or Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro, including how to use a valid product key or the Microsoft Store.
If you have a Windows 11 Home edition, click/tap on Upgrade your edition of Windows to expand it open, and click/tap on the Change button to Change product key. If you have a Windows 11 Pro edition, click/tap on the Change button to Change product key.
So you find a Windows 10/11 Pro OEM product key for like $10 from an online seller. There should be a disclaimer: OEM product keys cannot be used to upgrade to Pro. Well, that is not exactly true. I first conducted this test to verify that Windows 10 upgrade from Home to Pro with an OEM product key works the same as it always did, and it does.
Upgrade to Pro by changing the product key to the Windows 10/11 Pro product key: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T 3. Once the upgrade completes, reconnect the computer to the internet.
This tutorial will show you how to upgrade from Windows 11 Pro to Windows 11 Pro for Workstations without losing anything. You can directly upgrade your device from Windows 11 Pro to the Windows 11 Pro for Workstations edition by just changing the product key.
This tutorial will show you how to buy a Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, or Windows 11 Pro for Workstations digital product key (license) directly from Microsoft. When you purchase an OEM PC that comes with Windows 11 preinstalled, it will come with a Windows 11 product key embedded in the UEFI firmware chip to automatically activate Windows ...
This tutorial will show you how to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro without losing anything. You can directly upgrade your device from Windows 11 Home to the Windows 11 Pro edition without losing anything.
An unactivated install of Pro should get issued a digital licence by changing the installed key to a valid Pro key for Win7, Win8/8.1, or Win10/11, provided, that is, that the key hasn't been used recently to activate another machine.
If you run Windows 10/11 Home and want to upgrade to Pro you either change your key with a valid Windows 7/8/10/11 Pro key, or you can put the generic Pro key and activate later. If after the upgrade to Pro Windows activate automatically, is because there is a digital license on Microsoft servers.