Built new computer, running unactivated Win10 Home, have Win7 Pro key

[LeoBloom.]

I was initially thinking of buying a Win10 Home key, but I realized I still have a Win7 Pro key I purchased that I have never upgraded to Win10 and is not currently in use.

Two questions

• Can I use the Win7 key to activate Win10 (or is that no longer an option)
• Will Win10 Home turn into Win10 Pro (assuming I can still use key)

 

[Scienceguy Labs]

I think using the W7 key is out.
I would imagine that you could use the W10H and then pay to upgrade to pro.
I'm not 100% though. Hopefully, somebody will come along who is more knowledgeable on this.

 

[Aravind Belagaje]

I was initially thinking of buying a Win10 Home key, but I realized I still have a Win7 Pro key I purchased that I have never upgraded to Win10 and is not currently in use.

Two questions

• Can I use the Win7 key to activate Win10 (or is that no longer an option)
• Will Win10 Home turn into Win10 Pro (assuming I can still use key)

Yes you can use windows 7 pro key and get windows 10 pro. Go to settings -> update & security -> activate windows and change product key. the pc will restart and take a similar process like upgrade.

Note in this process no data is lost however if you want to revert back to home then you will loose your data.

 

[LeoBloom.]

[FONT=&quot]Update:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1st attempt: convert Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro using generic key (ends in 3V66T) resulted in error: https://imgur.com/a/kovzT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2nd attempt: put Windows 7 Pro key in Windows 10 Home "change key" field resulted in error[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3rd attempt: reinstall Windows 10 as Pro and enter Windows 7 Pro Key: Activation SUCCESS![/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Thank you all![/FONT]

 

[fisrtme2212]

you can activate Windows 7, then upgare to Windows 10

 

[Lilla45]

Through the microsoft provided loophole below, you can still upgrade from Win 7/8.x to 10 for FREE thru Jan 16, 2018. I did it on a client's Win 8.1 (OEM) pc just a few days ago, and it worked!

PSA: Free upgrade offer for Windows 10 is still available for 10 more days [ends Jan 16, 2018]- Neowin https://www.neowin.net/news/psa-fre...indows-10-is-still-available-for-10-more-days

Hope this helps,
Lilla