If you are running Windows 10 Home Edition and want to upgrade to Pro you can do it for about £1 English or 14:99 Swedish kroner.
To do this click on Start then Settings.
Now click on Update and Security then on Activation and you will see the option to upgrade.
Click on "Go to Store" and you can buy it for about a £1.
I've just tried clicking Go To Store from an edition of Home, and it now says
"for testing only. Do not purchase"
This suggests to me that any product key you might obtain this way won't work in the final release.
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Acer Aspire 5630. (Amongst others, but this is the one with most recent BSODs.) OS: Windows 10 Pro (32-bit) 16299.15 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @1.66GHz Motherboard: Acer Grapevine Memory: 4 GB, 3GB usable Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 Sound Card: High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays: Built-in display Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives: Hitachi HTS541212H9AT00 ATA Device Antivirus: Left as default/ Defender Other Info: It's old... originally bought with Win XP and upgraded OS a few times.
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MAJOR EDIT 2015-08-02 I am grateful for the folks that have posted here to correct my outdated views of how Win10 is activated and stored. My age is showing and what used to be the way I remembered how MS protected its OS from being misused and how...