I believe you have to go through the Settings app and not from the DVDs. The activation, product codes are handled a bit differently in Windows 10 than previous versions and when you install (from whatever media) it's going to read the product code (and thus version) from the hard drive.
Note the section about "If you already have a Windows 10 Pro product key" and follow those directions. The Win10 Pro product key should be included with the material you purchased the DVDs with.
To better help me troubleshoot this issue please click on my Dell Todd user name and send me a private message with the Dell Service Tag of the system you're upgrading. Please keep all discussions and troubleshooting here in this public thread so that others with the same questions can easily find answers.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll see what I can do to help.
The Windows 10 TH2 .iso or DVD (you are better to use a FAT32 formatted USB flash Drive setup for a UEFI BIOS and GPT partition scheme) incorporates 2 Editions Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro. During installation your product key is automatically input from the UEFI BIOS.
If you have a Windows 10 Pro Retail key you can change the product key after installation of Windows 10 Pro.
If your key is an OEM system builder license then strictly speaking you are incorrectly licensed. A system shouldn't have 2 OEM licenses and the system builder license is designed for custom built hardware to be sold to a customer and not for use by an end user. This is maybe a reason Microsoft is making this a bit more difficult... There is a workaround however, you can change edition using a generic pro key and then activate with your OEM key:
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Hi,
I believe you have to go through the Settings app and not from the DVDs. The activation, product codes are handled a bit differently in Windows 10 than previous versions and when you install (from whatever media) it's going to read the product code (and thus version) from the hard drive.
Check out this article on Upgrading Windows 10 from Home to Pro.
Note the section about "If you already have a Windows 10 Pro product key" and follow those directions. The Win10 Pro product key should be included with the material you purchased the DVDs with.
To better help me troubleshoot this issue please click on my Dell Todd user name and send me a private message with the Dell Service Tag of the system you're upgrading. Please keep all discussions and troubleshooting here in this public thread so that others with the same questions can easily find answers.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll see what I can do to help.
Todd
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January 28th, 2016 01:00
The Windows 10 TH2 .iso or DVD (you are better to use a FAT32 formatted USB flash Drive setup for a UEFI BIOS and GPT partition scheme) incorporates 2 Editions Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro. During installation your product key is automatically input from the UEFI BIOS.
If you have a Windows 10 Pro Retail key you can change the product key after installation of Windows 10 Pro.
If your key is an OEM system builder license then strictly speaking you are incorrectly licensed. A system shouldn't have 2 OEM licenses and the system builder license is designed for custom built hardware to be sold to a customer and not for use by an end user. This is maybe a reason Microsoft is making this a bit more difficult... There is a workaround however, you can change edition using a generic pro key and then activate with your OEM key:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0glz_CgHTeI&list=PL1RkaknDn7v-Ucth4gt0U3BHVSY7oNkWr&index=7
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-windows-10-oem-and-retail-iso/#hometopro