Windows 10 home vs pro

Greenguru · 25 Mar 2018

AS185 said:

I would stick with Home edition. I also use my operating system for gaming, browsing the internet and listening to music mainly :)

Hello I have a win10home box and creator update makes second time I reinstalled it, first time was from win 8.1 to win 10 and now creator's update has caused it again does it ever stop and have you had any reinstalled due to win update thanks for your time GG

Cerawy · 26 Mar 2018

Just a side question, is it possible to downgrade from pro to home without formatting your ssd and starting all over again?

cereberus · 26 Mar 2018

Cerawy said:

Just a side question, is it possible to downgrade from pro to home without doing a formatting your ssd and starting all over again?

It is allegedly possible by doing a regedit to change some registry entries from professional to Home, then doing a repair upgrade with Home iso.

Cerawy · 26 Mar 2018

What regedit exactly?

Cerawy · 26 Mar 2018

Did a search and found this guide and it works.

Will give it some time and see if the home version is better.

P.S do I need to get a new key or is the key converted with the regedit fix?

It says that windows is still activated.

cereberus · 26 Mar 2018

Cerawy said:

Did a search and found this guide and it works.

Will give it some time and see if the home version is better.

P.S do I need to get a new key or is the key converted with the regedit fix?

It says that windows is still activated.

PC must have previously been activated with Home. If you were activated with PRO, it makes no sense to downgrade.

Cerawy · 26 Mar 2018

It hasn't been activated with home previously, but it still says that windows is activated and the key works.

cereberus · 26 Mar 2018

Cerawy said:

It hasn't been activated with home previousl, but it still says that windows is activated and the key works.

If pc originally came with windows 8 preinstalled, key will be bios embedded in most cases.

Cerawy · 26 Mar 2018

cereberus said:

If pc originally came with windows 8 preinstalled, key will be bios embedded in most cases.

It didn't come with windows 8 preinstalled.

lx07 · 26 Mar 2018

Cerawy said:

Just a side question, is it possible to downgrade from pro to home without doing a formatting your ssd and starting all over again?

Cerawy said:

Did a search and found this guide and it works.

Will give it some time and see if the home version is better.

P.S do I need to get a new key or is the key converted with the regedit fix?

It says that windows is still activated.

So you installed Pro and have now downgraded it to Home huh?

This whole thread is therefore pointless.

You can decide for yourself seeing as (according to you) you tried both.