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Hey John,
The tutorials are mostly the same, but there are special cases, so Brink made them separate instead of munging everything into one .. which would be really confusing (if then else sort of thing )
The download link is the same no matter which tut you follow.
There are really two main tuts
Clean Install
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Upgrade Install
Normally, you Upgrade first to get your digital entitlement (aka license). There are other tuts, such as the one you referenced, Clean install without having to upgrade, but that is just another way to Clean install.
You've already upgraded to Win10, so you have a digital entitlement. The issue is, which edition you're entitled to ... it seems as though the initial install gave you an entitlement to Win10 home, for whatever reason. Your install is now Win10 Pro, but it hasn't activated yet. It might over the next day or two - there were delays back in 2015 July, mostly due to the sheer volume of activations.
Your situation might be due to the broadband issues you've mentioned or it might be due to MS servers being confused. Hard to tell form this side of your monitor.
You don't have to through the reinstall again!
Once everything is straightened out (Win10 Pro is activated), you can Clean install Win10 any time without having to enter a key, as a matter of fact ... you should NOT enter a key during a Clean re-install once Win10 Pro is activated.
You're nearly there and either the install will eventually activate or you'll have to call MS to activate it.
Bill
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