I have Windows 8.1 Pro installed and activated (of course with a legit key) and I want to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro.  Everywhere I read about the upgrade it says I'm suppose to get the Pro version of Windows 10 because I got the Pro version of Windows 8.1. But this doesn't happen, but instead I get the Home version. Why?  I'm upgrading from Microsoft's web page.
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My laptop (a Lenovo Flex 2 15) came preinstalled with Windows 8 Standard (with the serial key preinstalled into the BIOS), and I've since installed an SSD (a Samsung Evo 840 120GB) &amp; upgraded to Windows 10.  When the laptop still had its hard drive, I upgraded it to Professional so I could use the resources provided by the domain on my homeserver; because of this, I can only use the Professional editions of Windows (Home can't join domains).  I bought Windows 10 Professional &amp; completed a fresh-install (complete reinstallation) of Windows, only that it installed Windows 10 Home instead of Professional. I'm guessing this is due to the Windows 8 Standard Edition serial key preinstalled in the BIOS.  I then downloaded an All-In-One ISO image of Windows 10 from MSDN (of which I have limited access to), transferred the installer onto a USB stick, &amp; reinstalled (a clean install again). However it's still installing Windows 10 Home.  If I try to install using the AIO image from within Windows, the installer does not present me with a list of options for the edition I want to install; instead, it assumes that I want to install Home Edition:    I am able to get Windows 10 Professional to install if I disable UEFI &amp; use Legacy instead, but I feel that this is stepping around the issue rather than resolving it.  Is it possible to have the Windows 10 installer ignore any serial keys preinstalled in the BIOS/UEFI? If so, how? If not, is using Legacy mode really the only way around this?
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I had Windows 7 Ultimate before I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro and before, in Windows Update, there were updates that allowed me to install more language packs for Windows. After installing the updates I would have more languages for the interface.  Now I don't see any language updates, is it not possible to have various languages in Windows 8? Or maybe they are not ready yet?
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I have a product key for windows 8.1 (Single language edition or not that i can't remember). I have currently windows 10 pro installed.  I am planning to install windows 10 Home so i activate with windows 8.1 key.  So my question is will i be able to activate it if the Product Key is Windows 8.1 Single Language and i install Windows 10 Home(Multiple language edition) or vice versa.
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I know This is not related to development, please accept me this time. I'm looking to upgrade windows 8.1 to windows 10 .   Can I able to install SharePoint 2013 on windows 10?  I couldn't find any articles about SharePoint support on win 10.  Thanks
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After installing the Windows Anniversary Update for Windows 10, I realized that there seems to be a feature that lets Microsoft install third-party applications from the Microsoft Store on my system, without my consent or knowledge (for example,  or ).  Anticipating that this might happen again in the future, is there a way to disable these kind of third-party application installations for future updates? Or will I always have to search and uninstall all these applications after each update?
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Here's the situation: I own Windows 7 Ultimate, box version, with product key and all. But I DON'T HAVE IT INSTALLED.  I used my only system SSD to test Windows 10 Insider Preview.  I admit I used pirate KMS to activate it, since it refused to activate.  Now I installed official Windows 10 Pro, but it obviously doesn't activate. At least legally, because activating via pirate KMS still works, but it's not what I need. I'm entitled to free upgrade as legal, registered Windows 7 owner.  I've read I have to wipe my HD, install Windows 7, activate it, install ALL updates (which would take all day), then upgrade (and it would activate then).  Since I don't have whole day to waste for it - is there a shortcut? I'm looking for a way to use my Windows 7 product key to activate my Windows 10 upgrade. I'm positive it's possible, but it requires some magic. Any clues?  Here's my guess, when you do normal upgrade procedure you get new product key for Windows 10 based on the product key you had for previous Windows version. The old key has to be validated first. My question is: how to achieve it using only existing Windows 10 installation? Maybe I could install Windows 7 on virtual machine, activate it and somehow get the new product key from VM? Anyone tried that?
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I am running Windows 8.1 Single Language for about a year now and although Windows 10 is due to release tomorrow, I've decided to put things on hold for a while and stick to Windows 8.1.  So I canceled my reservation for Windows 10 through the "Get Windows 10" app but something unusual happened today. I've noticed some network activity that consumed quite a bit of bandwidth. I narrowed it down to a Windows Update which has failed to install. Turns out it was named "Upgrade to Windows 10 Home Single Language". Here is a screenshot from the reliability monitor:    This download consumed almost 2.5GB before it failed to install. But now it has started downloading again. What do i do?
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Windows 10 downloaded a big update not long ago and went through a lengthy upgrade process. Partway through the system locked up. The little progress spinner stopped spinning and it sat there for hours.  So I powered down, the system appeared to go through a recovery process, and then I checked for updates again. It says that "Your device is up to date", but the current version is 1511, build 10586.633. That version isn't current; version 1607 was released in August.  But whenever I check for updates, it says that the system is up to date.  Windows Update troubleshooter reports no problems.  How do I persuade Windows to install 1607?
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I'm currently somewhere with poor quality internet connections, working on some time-sensitive projects. I'd like to update from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 at some point, but not for a month or so until I'm somewhere with better internet connections, with more time to fix any bugs, glitches or compatibility issues.  Is this possible? Is there any way I can sign up for the free install now before the deadline, but defer performing the install until later when I've got the time and facilities to make sure it happens smoothly?
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I'm using windows home edition, I have the latest update installed 1909.  I want to install docker for windows 10 home edition. It keeps saying  Docker Desktop requires Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise (15063+) or Windows 10 Home (19018+).  Should I join Windows insider? How long should I wait for that update to be released if I don't want to join windows insider?
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I've got a Windows 7 Pro 32 bit PC. Getting a new Windows 7 Home 64 bit.  Is there anything I can use to transfer my  programs (the ones that don't come in a 64 bit flavor)  to the new PC? There is a related  that doesn't address the programs part.
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As I understand it, OEM computers that come with Windows 8 preinstalled has the license/product key stored in the BIOS/on the motherboard somewhere.   If you do a clean install (*) of Windows 8 (for example with an ISO from MSDN) on an computer which came preinstalled with Windows 8, will it recognize that it already has a license? Or will it require you to purchase a new Windows 8 license to activate it?  (And excuse me if I have the terms confused, hopefully the meaning comes across.)    (*) Wiping the drive, perhaps because it has been corrupted in some way and ordinary recovery/repair is impossible.
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I have Windows 10 Pro.  Everything was working, but today when I pressed the Start button, nothing happened. The Start menu is not showing.  I have restarted the PC several times, but it's the same situation. What can I do?
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I joined in the  and I don't like it. However, this question may also be relevant to those who install the full version of Windows 10.  How can I downgrade back to Windows 8/7 from Windows 10 or Windows 10 preview?
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It's a rather simple question (I hope). I currently have Windows 8 and I am dual booting it with Ubuntu 13.04.   If I were to install the latest update for Windows 8, that being 8.1, will it affect Ubuntu or will there be any conflicts between the two?
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In august 2015, I have upgrade my laptop from windows 8.1 to windows 10. But it spends always 10 minutes to boot it. It is not normal that it spends so long. What can I do for boot him faster? Below some information about my laptop.   age: +/- 2 year (on august 2015) edition: Windows 10 Home   File trace are removed.  Update:    I must also say that always there comes a windows update, I have the same problem again form slow booting. Is it good that I turn off the updates? If yes, how can I do that? Also it is in periods that my pc booting to slow. Some time it is like normal (a few seconds) and other times a few minutes. I don't know how it comes that it is fast or slow.
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TL;DR: The Windows 10 upgrade icon went missing. How do I get it back in order to update my system? I am running Windows 7 SP1.   I woke up this morning... er, noon all excited about Windows 10. I had reserved my copy using the clever little icon in the taskbar a few weeks back, so I thought I would be set to go. I booted my computer and checked the icon to see if it would download the update. It still behaved the same as if Windows 10 wasn't launched yet. I supposed this was normal behaviour. After all, Microsoft can't roll out the update to everyone at once.   Windows Update did want me to install several updates though. I installed KB2952664, KB3064209 and KB3048761. Everything went fine, and I was prompted to restart my system.   After restarting, the icon wasn't there anymore. I tried a lot of solutions including the answers provided by our awesome community on , and the answer provided to  posted on the Microsoft Windows support forums.   How do I get the icon back in order to update my system?  UPDATES:   Installing from the Media Creation Tool does not working with an error "Something Happened" with as description "Something Happened". Both are translated from Dutch.  I tried to install it from the Media Creation Tool using PowerISO to mount the created ISO. It will not accept my product key, even though I am able to verify my Windows installation is already registered and the product key is correct. I looked into the Event Log, and GWX-Ins has a bunch of error messages saying: Error message: GWX Main: App failed to start hresult. After that it says what is roughly translated to English as "Cannot find the element".