Microsoft win 10pro install flash drive chose to install windows home


  1. Posts : 252
    os build 17143.950
       #1

    Microsoft win 10pro install flash drive chose to install windows home


    I have this flash drive.
    Microsoft win 10pro install flash drive chose to install windows home-flashwind10.jpg
    It has THESE file on them

    WIN PRO FLASH.txt

    I have used it to install win pro on many machines.
    Today I did the normal install and it somehow bypassed what I wanted to do and it all did this weierd thing and HOME was installed. ?? HOW ? It was a wiped drive and no other drives in the laptop. It was 320 LEVENO IDEA PAD 320-15IKB-15 Touch serial number is pf0z7vma to be exact.
    HOW did windows home get installed ?? do some laptops have a chip with home on it ?? I am baffled by this.
    It is showing a windows product key in the BIOS. We want win 10 pro cleanly installed with nothing out of the normal from the install that we are used to getting when we use this flash to install win 10 pro.
    How do I combat this ? I how do make a normal clean install of windows on this laptop or is it even possible ?

    I saw how I can upgrade through windows activation and that did not accept the product keys that I purchased from new egg.
    Microsoft win 10pro install flash drive chose to install windows home-nota-valad-key.jpg
    I put in TWO product keys that just purchased from Newegg. nether one worked here in this box.
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  2. Posts : 32,015
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #2

    DonMurray said:
    Today I did the normal install and it somehow bypassed what I wanted to do and it all did this weird thing and HOME was installed. ?? HOW ? It was a wiped drive and no other drives in the laptop. It was 320 LEVENO IDEA PAD 320-15IKB-15 Touch.....
    HOW did windows home get installed ?? do some laptops have a chip with home on it ?? I am baffled by this.
    It is showing a windows product key in the BIOS....
    From the Lenovo support site, that model was supplied with Windows 10 Home pre-installed by the OEM. This means that it has a Windows 10 Home key embeded in its bios.

    Microsoft win 10pro install flash drive chose to install windows home-image.png
    laptops and netbooks :: 300 series :: 320 touch 15ikb type 81bh :: 81bh :: 81bh0000us - Lenovo Support US

    When booting from a normal Windows install usb Setup will read this key from the bios and use it to choose the edition to install.
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  3. Posts : 18,443
    Windows 11 Pro
       #3

    DonMurray said:
    I saw how I can upgrade through windows activation and that did not accept the product keys that I purchased from new egg. I put in TWO product keys that just purchased from Newegg. nether one worked here in this box.
    @Bree explained why you ended up with Home. To upgrade to Pro:

    1. Disconnect the computer from all sources of the internet.
    2. Once you are disconnected from the internet change the product key to the generic for Pro:
    VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
    3. Once the computer is upgraded to Pro, reconnect it to the internet, and change the product key to one of the product keys for Pro that you purchased in order to activate Pro.
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  4. Posts : 252
    os build 17143.950
    Thread Starter
       #4

    NavyLCDR this worked. thank you. I saw many methods to do this very thing that were far more involved. It just did the upgrade after I ran changepk.exe It converted it. It converted it and I have an activated laptop with win 10 pro

    I have a dell inspiron 7300 with windows 11 home on it. that we hope to get win 10 pro on. I did a clone of that machine yesterday. I am going to try the same method on the win 11 home and see what it does.
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  5. Posts : 18,443
    Windows 11 Pro
       #5

    DonMurray said:
    NavyLCDR this worked. thank you. I saw many methods to do this very thing that were far more involved. It just did the upgrade after I ran changepk.exe It converted it. It converted it and I have an activated laptop with win 10 pro

    I have a dell inspiron 7300 with windows 11 home on it. that we hope to get win 10 pro on. I did a clone of that machine yesterday. I am going to try the same method on the win 11 home and see what it does.
    Of course it worked! Thank you for the rep!
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