This could also be the case if you took advantage of the free windows 10 upgrade offer on a pc running a home edition of windows 7 or windows 8 x.
How to update windows 10 home to professional.
Windows 10 home is the standalone price of 140 and adding in a 100 windows 10 pro upgrade brings the price up to 240.
If you re having trouble installing updates see troubleshoot problems updating windows 10.
Follow the on screen instructions.
On its own windows 10 pro retails for 200.
Professional windows backup recovery software easeus todo backup can help you do the job.
If you do have a copy of windows 10 pro or maybe you found a retail copy of the upgrade for less than microsoft charges you ll have a product key alternately called a license key that enables windows 10 pro.
To get the latest major update of windows 10 see get the windows 10 may 2020 update.
If you re trying to activate windows 10 see activation in windows 10 for more info.
To upgrade from windows 10 home to windows 10 pro and activate your device you ll need a valid product key or a digital license for windows 10 pro.
All you need to do is just to purchase a new and legitimate license of windows 10 professional from the microsoft store or somewhere else.
Free upgrade windows 10 from home to pro edition.
For answers to frequently asked questions see windows update.
You ll need it to replace your current license key.
In order to avoid data loss issue or system revert issue it s highly recommended for you to backup windows 10 system and data before upgrade to windows 10 pro edition.
Upgrade from windows 10 home to pro via a license key digital license.
Note that it is more expensive to buy a windows 10 home license 119 99 and upgrade to pro 99 99 for 218 total instead of just initially purchasing a 199 99 pro key.
For more info about how to keep your pc updated see windows update.
After step 1 and step 2.
In either case the upgrade takes just a few minutes.