Question Is it safe to upgrade windows version using keys avaliable online

[thuanquoc2001]

I got a laptop which come with winodws 10 home preinstalled, i tried upgrading to windows 10 pro using a microsoft account which is linked to a windnows 10 pro key but it did not work, so i went online and i found a few sites which have lots of windows 10 keys on it. Can i use them to upgrade my windows 10 from home to pro?

 

[Gam3r01]

Are any of them sold by microsoft?
If not, then no they are not a good idea.

You can find plenty of threads on here about the risk of grey market keys. The short of it is they are non-genuine/stolen keys that can be revoked at any time whenever MS does a sweep to pull keys.

 

[LordVile]

I got a laptop which come with winodws 10 home preinstalled, i tried upgrading to windows 10 pro using a microsoft account which is linked to a windnows 10 pro key but it did not work, so i went online and i found a few sites which have lots of windows 10 keys on it. Can i use them to upgrade my windows 10 from home to pro?

Probably.

 

[LordVile]

Are any of them sold by microsoft?
If not, then no they are not a good idea.

You can find plenty of threads on here about the risk of grey market keys. The short of it is they are non-genuine/stolen keys that can be revoked at any time whenever MS does a sweep to pull keys.

Never had issue with mine, they even transferred my old home license for me.

 

[thuanquoc2001]

Are any of them sold by microsoft?
If not, then no they are not a good idea.

You can find plenty of threads on here about the risk of grey market keys. The short of it is they are non-genuine/stolen keys that can be revoked at any time whenever MS does a sweep to pull keys.

If the revoke that key, will it go back to the original key? Or the original key be revoked as well?

 

[Gam3r01]

Depends how your account is set up, it wont just revert versions though, you would have to reinstall under your normal key.
If you are really interested in win10 pro, seriously just buy it normally.

 

[kerberos_20]

if that pro licence isnt oem (that one u say is linked to ms account), than u can use microsoft support center, and they will either fix it for you or give u valid key (as long as fault is on their side)
but if that licence is OEM...well your out of luck
btw guru3d pretty often offers promo keys for few bucks, it is OEM and u cant transfer it to your next PC
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/promo-vip-scdkey-games-and-windows-10-office-dup916d,1.html

 

[kerberos_20]

just a side note, my ms account has 3 windows 10 licences (2x pro , 1x home)
2 of them are OEM and are tied to hardware, only 1 of them is retail
and so far had no issues with reactivating
anyway one licence per computer...so if your pro key is already used on another PC, u cant use it on another, in case PC with pro licence died and u know windows wont run ever again on it, then ull may need to delete that PC from your account
still in any case u will need to have any form of licence KEY to enter it (retail key), doest matter if u got it from M$ in email, or you got sticker, but never use "free" keys laying on google, in that case u may be better of just installing win 10 pro and not entering any key

 

[chickenballs]

whats the difference between win10 home and pro?
for win7 it was the amount of RAM supported but I doubt win10 still has the same 16gb restriction as win7 home

 

[Justin_53]

whats the difference between win10 home and pro?
for win7 it was the amount of RAM supported but I doubt win10 still has the same 16gb restriction as win7 home

very little, here is the link directly to microsoft for that answer https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compare-windows-10-home-vs-pro

 

[geofelt]

For a home user, there is very little value in PRO vs. home.

But, one of the capabilities in PRO is the ability to defer windows updates for a much longer time.
a year, I think.
To me, that is a big plus.

 

[dBones]

To upgrade from Home to Pro you first need to install Pro then enter the new Pro activation key. There are cheap codes on Amazon with plenty of good reviews. I tried one recently and it works fine.