Windows 10: Activating Windows 10 Home licensed on a refurbished computer with Windows 10 Pro

Hello, I have purchased a refurbished HP computer; although the seller said the licence was valid, it has a Windows 10 Home license sticker on it but with Windows 10 Pro installed not activated. I'd like to make it legal, since I do have a valid license, I even purchased an additional Windows 10 Home license since the serial number from the sticker was not accepted. Still, even with the additional license, will not activate error 0xc004f050. Apart from a fresh install, is there any way to revert to Windows 10 Home and activate one of the two valid licenses available? Thanks & kr, D

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I have a concern about windows 10 license and activation.

Maybe the first question to ask would be why does it require Windows 10 Pro? Why is Windows 10 Home not sufficient? If the goal is only to get an SSD into the refurbished laptop, then why not just move the SSD over and, as you suggest, do a clean install of Windows 10 Home?

1. Create a USB flash drive of Windows 10 using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool, I recommend a 16 GB or 32 GB flash drive:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10

2. Create a folder on the flash drive created in step 1 above and export the existing refurbished laptop drivers to that folder:
Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10

3. Replace the hard drive in the refurbished laptop with the SSD.

4. Boot the refurbished laptop from the USB flash drive created in step 1 and perform a clean install of Windows 10 Home.

5. After Windows 10 Home is installed, re-install drivers from the USB flash drive for any hardware in device manager that is missing drivers.

If you re-install Windows 10 Home, there will be no activation issues - it will activate using the already existing digital license for Windows 10 Home for the refurbished laptop. If you put Windows 10 Pro onto the refurbished laptop - either with a clean install or by moving from another computer, you will have to manually activate it to establish the digital license for Windows 10 Pro for the refurbished laptop.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Volume Key Licenses, find a way.

 

Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

I bought Windows 7 Pro OEM key from G2Play.net for 12€ to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro - worked like a charm but be advised if you buy a OEM key you can not download the Win 7 iso from microsoft and have to get it elsewhere.