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  • Upgrading Windows 11 Home to Pro

    From Frank@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 27 00:44:21 2024
    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

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    Frank

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Frank on Sat Jan 27 08:49:42 2024
    Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Buy a home->pro key, e.g.

    <https://pckeys.uk/windows-10-home-to-professional-upgrade>

    Settings / System / Activation / Upgrade your Edition / Change Product Key

    no reinstallation required.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Frank on Sat Jan 27 10:07:40 2024
    On 27/01/2024 in message
    <V8KdnSgTS_J5zCn4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Do you need to join a domain or is it something else?

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  • From Frank@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sat Jan 27 21:07:42 2024
    On

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    Frank

    27/01/2024 10:07, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 27/01/2024 in message
    <V8KdnSgTS_J5zCn4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Do you need to join a domain or is it something else?

    I need remote desktop connection

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  • From Frank@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sat Jan 27 21:11:14 2024
    On 27/01/2024 08:49, Andy Burns wrote:
    Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Buy a home->pro key, e.g.

    <https://pckeys.uk/windows-10-home-to-professional-upgrade>

    Settings / System / Activation / Upgrade your Edition / Change Product Key

    no reinstallation required.

    As simple as that? Just enter a Pro key? Presumably, it will download
    the extra/different files it needs?

    I'm more than surprised it's so simple. Thanks!

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    Frank

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Frank on Sun Jan 28 08:15:54 2024
    On 27/01/2024 in message
    <C42cnaosDeYD7Sj4nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro. >>>Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Do you need to join a domain or is it something else?

    I need remote desktop connection

    OK, I use it all the time. Windows Home includes the client, Windows Pro
    has the server. You only nee Pro on the PC you are remoting TO

    In my case I remote from my laptops to my desktops so the desktops have Pro and the Laptops Home. Are you remoting in to the laptop or from it to something else?

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    This mess is what happens when you elect a Labour government, in the end
    they will always run out of other people's money to spend.
    (Margaret Thatcher on her election in 1979)

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Frank on Sun Jan 28 13:27:10 2024
    On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 21:11:14 +0000, Frank wrote:

    On 27/01/2024 08:49, Andy Burns wrote:
    Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11
    Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Buy a home->pro key, e.g.

    <https://pckeys.uk/windows-10-home-to-professional-upgrade>

    Settings / System / Activation / Upgrade your Edition / Change Product
    Key

    no reinstallation required.

    As simple as that? Just enter a Pro key? Presumably, it will download
    the extra/different files it needs?

    I'm more than surprised it's so simple. Thanks!

    Back in the good old days of Windows NT all the files were there.
    The software just checked the licence to see which software should be made available.

    IIRC at the time it was client or server.

    Cheers


    Dave R


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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to David on Sun Jan 28 14:52:49 2024
    David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
    Back in the good old days of Windows NT all the files were there.
    The software just checked the licence to see which software should be made available.

    IIRC at the time it was client or server.

    I think it's something not too dissimilar. You go to 'add Windows features'
    to enable various things, which will download any necessary bits. Which features are available in that list depends on the licence you have. In
    other words, nothing magically happens when you change licence aside from various features being installable which weren't before. BICBW.

    Theo

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  • From Philip Herlihy@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 28 19:05:01 2024
    In article <xn0ohcws96ptyn300a@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines wrote...

    On 27/01/2024 in message
    <C42cnaosDeYD7Sj4nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro. >>>Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation?

    Do you need to join a domain or is it something else?

    I need remote desktop connection

    OK, I use it all the time. Windows Home includes the client, Windows Pro
    has the server. You only nee Pro on the PC you are remoting TO

    In my case I remote from my laptops to my desktops so the desktops have Pro and the Laptops Home. Are you remoting in to the laptop or from it to something else?

    Remote Desktop is certainly nice to use, but there is a free alternative which works on any version of Windows.

    https://uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html

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    Phil, London

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 28 20:30:46 2024
    On 28/01/2024 in message <MPG.4020b5b62b493518989aa4@news.eternal-september.org> Philip Herlihy
    wrote:

    In article <xn0ohcws96ptyn300a@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines wrote...

    On 27/01/2024 in message >><C42cnaosDeYD7Sj4nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> Frank wrote:

    I've a new laptop that I need to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to 11 >>>>>Pro.
    Is the process fairly simple? Can it be done without a reinstallation? >>>>
    Do you need to join a domain or is it something else?

    I need remote desktop connection

    OK, I use it all the time. Windows Home includes the client, Windows Pro >>has the server. You only nee Pro on the PC you are remoting TO

    In my case I remote from my laptops to my desktops so the desktops have Pro and the Laptops Home. Are you remoting in to the laptop or from it to something else?

    Remote Desktop is certainly nice to use, but there is a free alternative >which
    works on any version of Windows.

    https://uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html

    I did try it once in my adventurous days :-)

    I found it didn't scale the screen very well, perhaps I should have
    another play...

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Are you confused about gender?
    Try milking a bull, you'll learn real quick.

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