Downgrade Windows 10 Enterprise to Home – Microsoft Community

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can get these features without reinstalling Windows, and without even having an Enterprise disc. Why not just buy a product key for Windows 10 Enterprise?

While Microsoft offers paid upgrades to Windows 10 Professional , the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10 are only available through volume licensing channels. To upgrade, you just need a key. These publicly-available keys are normally used in organizations with Key Management Servers. If you have a Windows 10 virtual machine or secondary computer you want to test these Enterprise features on, this is an excellent solution.

This works even better if you do have a legitimate Windows 10 Enterprise product key through a business. Enter a legitimate product key and Windows 10 will upgrade to the Enterprise edition and become properly activated.

This is a convenient solution for businesses, which can purchase computers that come with Home or Professional editions of Windows 10 and upgrade them without a reinstall.

If you have a legitimate Windows 10 Enterprise product key, you can enter it now. You may not want to do this on your primary Windows system. Windows 10 will reboot when the process is done. This process took us less than 20 minutes, even in a slower virtual machine. All the Enterprise-only features will be available on your PC. However, if you used a KMS key, your system will no longer be activated and Windows 10 will begin to inform you of this. Does Microsoft have a problem with this this?

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