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Upgrading from 7 Pro using Techbench ISO - Product Key Required
Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade a desktop Windows 7 Pro 64bit OEM, activated SP1, to Windows 10.
I will have several machines to upgrade, and my fairly slow connection is capped except for overnight downloads, so I've downloaded the 64bit Techbench iso and burned it to DVD. It all looks fine and the sha1 of the iso is correct. I'm in the UK so am using the N version.
I ran setup.exe with Admin rights, selected language etc and was then asked for a product key. There was no skip button. I used MagicalJellyBean to find my key, which was the right length etc but wasn't accepted.
I tried booting from the DVD, and this time I did get a skip option, but after that was instructed to boot normally and run setup - which just went the same as before, key required and the one I have not accepted.
I have read of not getting a skip option if a Home DVD is used on a Pro installation. This can occur with the Media Creation Tool, but the TechBench iso has both Home and Pro. I think the problem may be that the installation is defaulting to Home, but there's no option to select Pro.
To recap, I definitely have a 64bit Pro installation, and am using the 64bit iso which included Home and Pro. I'm trying to do an initial upgrade, not a clean installation. If I can't get it to work I'll just have to try the online process, but an extra 3GB will put a big dent in my capped monthly download.
Thanks for any advice.
Chris