How to Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro Free

You use Windows 10 Home and you want to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro free. You can find it in this article. These methods upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro by using Windows 10 Pro upgrade key: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

But you can’t use the key in the usual way. I will guide you on how to use it below.

Today I will guide you how to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro

Note: Because these methods help you upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro for free, so you will lose Windows 10 Home license. After you upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro, you need to buy Windows 10 Pro product key to activate it. I also sell cheap Windows 10 Pro product key ($25/key) on https://saleproductkey.com

Method 1: You use cmd to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro

(Applies to: Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home Single Language)

Step 1: You open cmd (run as administrator)

open cmd admin Windows 7 8 10

Step 2: You type one by one these codes in cmd

slmgr.vbs /upk
slmgr.vbs /cpky

slmgr.vbs /ckms

Step 3: Then you type

DISM /online /Get-TargetEditions

Windows 10 editions can be upgraded

  • If you see Target edition: Professional, your Windows 10 Home can upgrade to Windows 10 Pro.
  • If you don’t see Target edition: Professional, you do as method 3, 4, 5.

Step 4: You type these codes in cmd

sc config LicenseManager start= auto & net start LicenseManager
sc config wuauserv start= auto & net start wuauserv
changepk.exe /productkey VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
exit

Then you enter and wait for a moment.

Preparing for upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro

Step 5: If you use Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1, you will see error0x80070005. You restart Windows 10 to complete upgradation.

You can watch this video to know how to use cmd to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro by cmd:

Note:

1. If you can’t upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro and you lose the Windows 10 Home license. You type this code in cmd to reactivate Windows 10 Home

slmgr.vbs /ipk YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7

2. If you see the error, you use method 3. This error means your Windows 10 has error and you need to fix it.

Windows 10 upgrade failed

Method 2: You use Windows Setting to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro

This method now can’t use

Step 1: You open “Activation Setting

Step 2: You click “Change product key“. Then you paste the Windows 10 upgrade key here:

Windows 10 Pro upgrade key: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

Note:

  • You need to turn off your wifi before you click “Next” and turn it back on when the update is 10% or more to complete
  • If you have Windows 10 Home license, you will lose the license when you upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro free.

Windows 10 Pro upgrade key

Then you click “Next“.

Step 3: You click “Start” to begin upgrading Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro

Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro Free

You can watch this video to know how to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro by Windows Setting

With this method, you can:

  • Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro
  • Upgrade Windows 10 Home Single Language to Pro

Method 3: You use media creation tool to reinstall Windows 10 Home without losing data. Then you use method 1 again to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro

Step 1: You visit here to download media creation tool https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Step 2: You click “Download tool now

download media creation tool

Step 3: You install this tool

Step 4: You use the tool to reinstall Windows 10. You accept Microsoft software license terms to start reinstalling Windows 10

Accept Microsoft software license terms

Step 5: You select “Keep personal files and apps” to reinstall Windows 10 without losing data => Then you click Install

Reinstall Windows 10 keep personal files and apps

Done. You wait for a moment to reinstall Windows 10.

Then you use method 1 again.

You can watch this video to know how to reinstall Windows 10

Method 4: You install new Windows 10 Pro to replace the old Windows 10 Home

Note: You back up your data first before you reinstall Windows 10 Pro. You copy data from C drive to D or E drive. You also copy data from Desktop to D or E drive. If you don’t want to reinstall Windows 10, you use method 5.

Step 1: You download Wintohdd here: https://www.easyuefi.com/wintohdd/index.html

Step 2: You install Wintohdd

Step 3: You download Windows 10 Pro iso from Microsoft: https://appsforpcfree.net/download-windows-10-iso-from-microsoft-2020/

Then you move Windows 10 iso file to the D drive or E drive. You don’t put Windows 10 iso file on the C drive because Wintohdd will delete all data on the C drive

Step 4: You open Wintohdd, then you select “Reinstall Windows

Reinstall Windows Wintohdd

Step 5: You click the Browse Icon button, then you select Windows 10 iso file you want to install

select Windows 10 iso file

Step 6: You select Windows 10 Pro to install Windows 10 Pro. Then you click Next

How to reinstall Windows 10 Pro to replace Windows 10 Home

Step 7: You select Next and Wintohdd will ask you to create a WinPE image. You select Yes

create WinPE image

Step 8: After successfully built the WinPE image, WinToHDD will prompt you to reboot the computer. You click “Yes” button to allow WinToHDD to reboot your computer.

allow WinToHDD to reboot your computer

Done. You wait for a moment to Wintohdd install Windows 10 Pro.

You can watch this video to know how to install Windows 10 Pro by Wintohdd

Method 5: You change SKUs to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro

I will explain this method. You add Windows 10 Pro profile. Media creation tool will think you use Windows 10 Pro while you are still using Windows 10 Home. So when you use media creation tool to reinstall Windows 10 without losing data, the tool will reinstall Windows 10 Pro. If you don’t add Windows 10 Pro profile, when you use media creation tool, the tool will reinstall Windows 10 Home. This method takes long time but I’m sure it works 100%.

Step 1: You download SKUs of Windows 10 Pro here

Step 2: You extract the SKUs of Windows 10 Pro which you download

Extract Windows 10 skus

Now you have skus-Windows-10 folder. You open skus-Windows-10 folder, then you copy all folders on it to C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\skus

copy Windows 10 Pro skus

 

Step 3: You cope all folders on skus-Windows-10 folder to C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\skus

( You press Win + R to open Run, Then you type: C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\skus to open it)

Windows 10 Enterprise skus

Step 4: You open cmd (run as administrator)

open cmd admin Windows 7 8 10

Then you copy and paste these codes:

cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /rilc
cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /upk >nul 2>&1
cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul 2>&1
cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /cpky >nul 2>&1
cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
sc config LicenseManager start= auto & net start LicenseManager
sc config wuauserv start= auto & net start wuauserv
clipup -v -o -altto c:\
echo

Step 5: You use media creation tool to reinstall Windows 10 to complete this upgradation.

Done.

You can watch this video to know how to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro by changing SKUs

If you only want to change Windows 10 Home Single Language to Windows 10 Home, you read this article: https://appsforpcfree.net/change-windows-10-home-single-language-windows-10-home/

I also sell Windows 10 Pro product key, Windows 10 Home product key ($25/key). If you want to buy it you can visit https://cheapproductkeys.com/

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