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Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro.

I got a Windows 10 key and tried to do the normal upgrade, but got a "0xc004f050" error. I then tried to fix it by useing the generic pro key but then got a "0x803fa067" error. These are the steps the finally got everything working. I did the this on 2 PC so I think it is solid.

  1. buy a valid Windows 10 Pro key (any key will work)
    1. I got mine on Ebay for $4. It said 1 minute delivery, but it took about 1 hour to get it.
  2. Make sure Windows is up to date.
  3. Change product keys (remember these steps you will use them a lot)
    1. Select the Start button
    2. Then select Settings > Update & Security
    3. Then select Activation
    4. Click the "Change product key" button
  4. Generically activate windows with "YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7"
  5. Reboot
  6. Disable your Internet
  7. Force the update to Pro by changing the product key to "VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T"
  8. It should reboot on its own.
    1. If it errors out at the end (around 100%) just reboot the PC. You should see some kind of message that it is updating the system anyways.
  9. When it is all done change the product key one last time to the key that you bought.

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@mush89
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mush89 commented Sep 20, 2022

It worked thank you

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I got a retail windows 10 Pro key from the Microsoft partner store keyingo.com, I enter the product key , and it activated directly without any problem, but just the price is more expensive than yours

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