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2017-09-19 00:33:34

Re: Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro upgrade- Ideapad 510

I have an Ideapad that came preinstalled with Windows 10 Home 64bit. Ideally I would like Windows 10 Pro 64bit on it; my IT guy said that was not possible to upgrade to. He attempted to install Windows 7 Pro and now it does not work at all; it turns out there are no Windows 7 drivers for this model. If I purchase Windows 10 Pro media and install...will it work? Or am I forever locked into Windows 10 Home with this laptop?

Model Number:

510-15IKB Laptop (Ideapad)

80SV0059US

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2017-09-21 08:37:08

Re: Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro upgrade- Ideapad 510

Hello,

If the computer had a Windows 10 Home key loaded into its BIOS, then whenever you perform a clean install of Windows 10, the installer will automatically install the Home edition. However, once it is complete, you can run CHANGEPK.EXE again and enter the Windows 10 Pro license key to upgrade it to the Professional edition.

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2017-09-19 00:49:25

Re: Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro upgrade- Ideapad 510

If you buy a retail win 10 pro, you can install it. If you reinstall your licensed copy of win 10 home, you can upgrade:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12384/windows-10-upgrading-home-to-pro

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2017-09-19 09:09:51

Re: Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro upgrade- Ideapad 510

Hello,

I've not done this with an IdeaPad 510, but on other computers from Lenovo that came with Windows 10 Home, I've been able to update them by running the Change Product Key (filename: CHANGEPK.EXE) program and entering the Product ID key (PID key) for Windows 10 Pro. This results in the system performing a reconfiguration of sorts, and then prompting to reboot. After the reboot, Windows 10 Pro is running.

This also has worked for me when upgrading computers that came with Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise.

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Aryeh Goretsky