This is something I experienced firsthand, I did a clean install with the intent of buying a retail copy of 10. once all that was done I bought the copy through the windows store in windows 10. I...

Mystere, So I should be able to reinstall windows 8, and then run the media creation tool and just upgrade? This would leave me with an activated copy of Windows 10 pro?

Thanks for the response John, I'm not all that worried about it being Windows 8 as I can just upgrade it fully to 8.1 and in theory still upgrade like anyone else. I just don't want the hassle. I've...

Would anyone know if this applies to a MSDNAA copy of windows 8? I received my copy through my university, so would it be treated as a retail purchase?