Did you have Windows 10 Pro installed and activated before? If not, then you will either need to install and upgrade a Windows 7/8/8.1 Pro or purchase a Windows 10 Pro upgrade pack (Windows Store).
If you did have Windows 10 Pro installed and activated before, then the solution is easy. What happened was on the clean install, the installation read the Windows 8 Home product key stored in bios and picked Windows 10 Home to install and activate based on that. If you had Windows 10 Pro installed before then click on Settings, Updates and Security, Activation tab. Click on Change product key, answer yes to the question. Enter the Windows 10 Pro generic product key:
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That will trigger the upgrade to Pro, and if you had Pro installed and activated before, it will activated based upon the activation that was previously stored on Microsoft activation servers.
THANK YOU! This did it. I have now Windows 10 Pro installed and activated!
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell XPS8700 OS: Windows 3.1 to Windows 11 CPU: I7-4770 3.40GHz Memory: 24GB Graphics Card: ATI
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