Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

Anonymous
2017-10-19T01:12:10+00:00

Windows updated to the latest version yesterday on my PC.  However, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations was supposed to be available as well.  How do you get it?

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-10-19T03:00:31+00:00

    The upgrade is already stubbed out in the Store but not yet published to the Store menu.   There are already folks in the Insider forum using it on existing systems.  The instructions for installation and maintenance are in threads there.  It is being done in three different scenarios which produce both the hybrids and the full installation versions as spelled out currently in instructions to OEMs.  Yes we are getting it for existing systems.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-19T03:45:33+00:00

    The directions for re-installing Pro for Workstations Edition are on the Download Windows 10 site. They say to install Pro Edition and then switch to Pro for Workstations via the Microsoft Store app.

    Meanwhile, if you create an ISO from that same page and mount it in Windows, you will find a file named product.ini in the Sources folder of the ISO. This file contains generic Product Keys, which will not activate nor license the associated Editions of Windows 10. However, if you enter the generic Product Key for Pro Workstation, where it shows professionalworkstation=_____-_____-_____-_____-2YV77, in the change Product Key area of the Settings App, your device will upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for Workstations edition.

    If you are already running Windows 10 S, Pro, Education, Professional Education, or Enterprise and some others, the change will be almost instantaneous. Your Windows 10 activation will vanish just as quickly.  Home Editions will require a Restart and some install time, as it upgrades.

    NOTE: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations will not activate, nor be licensed without purchasing a license for it via the Store app. I do not know what the price will be.

    Also, there is no way to revert back to Home Edition aside from a clean install of Windows 10.

    More info on switching Editions can be found here, although it is directed towards Deploying Windows 10 in an organization.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-19T03:47:26+00:00

    Thanks, Don.  Great job.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-19T04:26:33+00:00

    Thanks for the clarification Don. The official wording I was getting made it sound like it was off limits to existing systems.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-12-17T18:22:37+00:00

    Enter this key

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    i also have the first iso of this..it was called windows 10 pro for advanced pc's

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