![]() there is no need to enter any product key. It does not matter whether UEFI or not, if W10 was already installed and activated, the re-activation is automatic. If old, and already had W10 installed, so long as you specify the correct version when doing a clean install, no key is needed. If this is a brand new motherboard that has not had Windows installed, when you boot off of the installer, it will ask for the Windows key, again, you can skip it, but you will have to type in a product key to activate it.Ĭlick to expand.I have installed on many machines, new and old. You can easily update it to Pro, if you have a Pro key, which you can type in after the install in Settings/Activation.Īgain, as stated before, if the computer is much older, and does not have the UEFI Bios, you can install 10 and it will ask for the Product key, you can skip this, but, in most cases, it will not be activated until you type in a Windows 7, 8 or 10 Product key, and if you type in a Pro key, you will get Pro, if you type in a Home key, you will get Home, out of the same ISO image. In fact you do not need Windows 10 at all on the machine that you download the ISO image to, and burn it, it could be Windows 7 or 8 for that mater.Īfter the ISO is burned and you go to install it, if Home was installed on the machine at the factory, and you put a new Blank HDD into the machine and boot off of the newly created Flash drive, and the computer has the UEFI Bios, you will only be able to install Windows 10 Home, because the Window 10 product key is embedded into the Bios firmware of the computer. There are tons of step-by-step tutorials on this.Īs stated, it doesn't matter what version of 10 you are running on a computer when you download an ISO image of 10, and burn the image to Flash drive, only if the machine is a 32 bit or 64 bit. If it's not linked to your Microsoft Account, and you're using a Microsoft Account linked Windows 10 User Account, then do a web search on how to link your Windows 10 license to your Microsoft Account. You should then check to see how the activation is noted afterward. ![]() If it doesn't, then supply the key as per the above instructions. If you had a legitimately activated and licensed version of Pro on a machine, even via upgrade, a reinstall should get you Pro. When you do so what gets downloaded is quite minimal, but the process takes a while to go through the gyrations of activating all the inactive features. That's why you can upgrade from Home to Pro using Settings, Update & Security, Activation Pane, Change Product Key link. In fact, a Windows 10 Home installation has all the components for Pro already on board, but just not activated. Windows 10 ISOs have the raw materials for all editions (at least Home and Pro, and I think Enterprise - Educational is unclear). ![]() There is no such thing as a Pro versus Home ISO. ![]()
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