Acceptable activation serial key

echelonone said:

I have/had installed on a number of computers, Windows 10 Enterprise x64 90 day evaluation edition. They are all expired by now, but still function for an hour or so I believe. I finally may be near buying serials keys for all the computers. The question is; Can I buy x64 Professional keys and successfully input them and activate the Professional version of Windows 10 even though Enterprise edition was/is initially/currently installed? Or, am I going to have to uninstall the Enterprise edition, and reinstall a Professional edition? I'm hoping to save all my settings and installed applications and not have to reinstall/configure everything all over again on every computer.

See if this sheds some light for you....

Downgrade Windows 10 Enterprise to Windows 10 Pro | Tutorials

echelonone said:

Thank you for the link, f14tomcat. You are the Man and it sounds like I'm golden, as long as I don't get screwed with some pirated keys. Speaking of that; Is it possible to get a pirated key and find out 6 months to a year later that I'm a victim (yadda yadda yadda), Like I was twice with Windows 7?

No idea on that. Rules say we really can't discuss those issues. Sorry.

Glad that link may have helped.

Samuria said:

Enterprise is a pirate copy unless you have a vl from ms and its activated locally not via ms

Believe he said it is the 90 day evaluation copy.

Enterprise doesn't have to be VL activated and can be activated against Microsoft's own Activation servers. Currently my only option is to activate with my legal MAK keys which get a DL.



And as mentioned can be run as a 90 day trial.