upgrading to a higher edition of Windows is a way to get more features and power in your computer. If you have decided to make the move from Starter to Home Premium, Home to Professional, or Professional to Ultimate, how do you go about doing it?
In this article, I’ll show you how to upgrade your Windows edition in Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. Note that you can currently upgrade a 32-bit version to another 32-bit version and same for 64-bit, but you cannot upgrade from a 32-bit OS to 64-bit. To upgrade your Windows edition in Windows 7 or 10, first open the Control Panel and click on the “Windows Update” icon. Then select the “Update for All Users” check box and click on the “Update Now” button. If you are upgrading from an older edition of Windows, be sure to check the box for “Use an existing installation of Windows if available” and then click on the “Update Now” button again. If you are upgrading from an earlier edition of Windows, be sure to check the box for “Use an existing installation of Windows if available” and then click on the “Update Now” button again. After updating your computer, open a command prompt window (cmd) and type: netstat -an | grep “upgrade”
Upgrade Windows 10 to Higher Edition
Windows 10 Home is the most basic edition and it doesn’t come with any features that make it more powerful or useful than Windows 10 Professional. If you upgrade from Home to Professional, you can downgrade or revert back within 30 days unless you run Disk Cleanup and remove previous Windows installations. You only have 30 days because that’s how long Windows keeps the previous version of Windows before deleting it.
Windows 10 Enterprise is a different type of license that allows you to upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 Enterprise to Windows 10.
On the left side of the screen, click on the Update and Security button. Select Windows 10 from the list of options. Click on the Upgrade Now button.
To change your product key or upgrade your edition of Windows, click on System and then click on About. At the bottom, you will see a Change product key or upgrade your edition of Windows link. ..
To activate your account, you will need to go to the store and click on the link at the bottom.
This will load the Windows Store app and allow you to purchase the upgrade for $99.99. ..
Windows 10 Home is the most basic version of Windows 10, and it’s designed for people who don’t need all the features that Pro has. You can upgrade to Pro if you want to get more features and performance, but it’s not necessary.
Upgrade Windows 8.1 to Higher Edition
Microsoft is no longer selling upgrade packs to Windows 8 or 8.1 Home. Basically, no one really uses Windows 8 anymore and therefore they are trying to get everyone upgraded to Windows 10.
If you try to go to Control Panel, Windows Update, click on Add features to Windows 8.1, and then click on I want to buy a product key online, you’ll get a message saying that no product keys were found in your region. ..
Windows 8.1 Pro is only available from third-party sellers for a whopping $137! That doesn’t make a lot of sense considering you can upgrade Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 for free until July 29th, 2016. At that point, the Home edition will be $99 and Pro will be $199. ..
If you already have a product key for Windows 8.1 Pro, you can enter the new key by following the steps above. ..
Upgrade Windows 7 using Windows Anytime Upgrade
For Windows 7, upgrading to a higher edition is not as easy as it seems. If you upgrade to a higher edition of Windows 7, you may have to do some registry hacking or other registry changes in order to revert back to the previous version of Windows. This is not an issue if you upgrade from Home Premium to Ultimate, but it might be an issue if you upgrade from another edition of Windows 7.
Windows Anytime Upgrade lets you upgrade your computer without having to go through a traditional Windows installation.
Next, click on the link to upgrade to a new edition of Windows 7. First, click on the link to choose the edition of Windows 7 that’s best for you.
Windows 7 comes in different versions with different features. ..
You can upgrade your software by clicking on the tabs across the top of the screen. Once you have an upgrade key, click on Enter an upgrade key.
After you enter your key, Microsoft will immediately offer the new features of the higher edition. ..
