{"id":8747,"date":"2025-02-22T19:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/?p=8747"},"modified":"2025-02-22T19:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:55:44","slug":"update-win-10-home-to-win-10-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/software\/windows\/update-win-10-home-to-win-10-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Win 10 Home to Win 10 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>Check Your Current Version<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open <strong>Settings<\/strong> (Press <code>Win + I<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>System > About<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Windows Specifications<\/strong>, check your <strong>Edition<\/strong>. If it says <strong>Windows 10 Home<\/strong>, you can proceed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Purchase a Windows 10 Pro License<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You need a <strong>valid Windows 10 Pro product key<\/strong>. You can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buy a license from the <strong>Microsoft Store<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a <strong>product key<\/strong> if you already have one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your system has previously had a copy of Win 10 Pro activated on it, you can use the generic key:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re upgrading from Windows 10 Home to Pro, you can use the generic key for the upgrade and then activate it later with a valid license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Upgrade Using a Product Key<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open <strong>Settings > Update &amp; Security > Activation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Change product key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your <strong>Windows 10 Pro product key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>, then <strong>Start Upgrade<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Upgrade via Microsoft Store<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a product key:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings > Update &amp; Security > Activation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Go to the Microsoft Store<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchase <strong>Windows 10 Pro<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the prompts to upgrade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Restart Your PC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the upgrade is complete, restart your computer to apply the changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Check Your Current Version 2. Purchase a Windows 10 Pro License You need a valid Windows 10 Pro product key. You can: 3. Upgrade Using a Product Key 4. Upgrade via Microsoft Store If you don\u2019t have a product key: 5. Restart Your PC Once the upgrade is complete, restart your computer to apply\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/software\/windows\/update-win-10-home-to-win-10-pro\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":5,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[72,73,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-8747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-windows","8":"tag-upgrade","9":"tag-win-10-home","10":"tag-win-10-pro","11":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Windows-10-System-Menu-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Windows-10-System-Menu-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Jack Alltrade","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/author\/jacka11trade\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8756,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747\/revisions\/8756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}