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2 Identical HP Systems Upgraded to 10, 1 Has 10 Pro, 1 Has 10 Home?
Hello. A relative of mine as well as myself have identical HP Envy 810-430QE desktop computers that were both purchased from Costco.
My relative purchased their HP system towards the end of 2014, and of course they were using it with Windows 8.1 64 bit for quite a few months until the free upgrade to Windows 10 became available during this past summer.
I recently purchased the same system and received it last week. Since Windows 10 was already available, the first thing I did before anything else was to install the Windows 10 upgrade. I chose to delete everything and save nothing during the installation, as there was the option where I could have saved settings an applications. However, I elected not to, because I prefer a much leaner installation without all of the HP bundled software.
What I notice is, my system has Windows 10 PRO 64 bit, while my relative's system has Windows 10 HOME 64 bit.
Why do we have two different versions of Windows 10? Is there any way I can get Windows 10 PRO on their system just as I was able to get it on my system? Both systems are totally legit and are the operating systems are fully activated, as verified in control panel > system. However, my relative's system was upgraded through Windows Update, whereas I upgraded my system through Microsoft's Windows 10 media creation tool.
Thanks you in advance.