Question Upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro

[dadalka]

When I purchased my Asus GU603 laptops they came with Windows 11 Home. I was told that I can't upgrade to Windows 11 Pro without purchasing a new key from the microsoft store. I have older key codes for Windows 10 pro can these be used to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro??

 

[Maestro Colby]

Well, as we all wish you could do this.
Frankly, no you can’t use older codes from windows 10 since they aren’t the same os.

you’ll have to buy a new license for windows 11 pro.

hopefully that helps.

 

[hotaru.hino]

You could try, but you may have to upgrade from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

New key specifically for Win11 pro is required. Time to get out the wallet.

 

[Alabalcho]

New key specifically for Win11 pro is required. Time to get out the wallet.

I've used Windows 8 Pro keys to install / activate Windows 10 Pro. Haven't tried upgrade, though.

@dadalka - you will break nothing if you try "Change product key" from Settings -> System -> About.

 

[USAFRet]

I specifically changed a Win 10 Home install to a Win 10 Pro, using an otherwise unused Win 8 Pro license.

MS has been quite benevolent using licenses from Win 7 and later, for Win 10 and 11.

Try it.
If it works, great.
If it fails, then you buy a valid Win 11 license.

 

[Isaac Zackary]

Not Windows 11, but on a store purchased Windows 7 Pro computer I once completely changed everything except the case, new motherboard, new CPU, new boot drive, which was an M.2 SSD instead of a SATA hard drive. I installed Windows 10 home and then plugged in the key afterwards. To my surprise it not only accepted the key but also automatically changed to Windows 10 Pro. I thought the key wouldn't even work on anything except the orignial hardware since it was a prefabricated store bought computer.