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See this link for detail on how to do this. Once all updates are installed, you just have to wait for your computer to receive your free copy of Windows 10.īonus tip : Once the downgrade is successful you can safely delete the Windows.old folder to free up some hard disk space. The next step is to update you PC using Windows Update. The computer will now reboot and once restarted you will have a Windows 8.1 Pro computer.

Review your selection and click Install.

On the Chose what to keep screen, select Windows settings, personal files and apps.

Enter your 8.1 Professional product key when prompted.

Navigate now to HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion.

Change ProductName to Windows 8.1 Professional.

Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion.

Here’s what’s to be done to change Windows edition from Enterprise to Professional:

How-to change Windows edition from Enterprise to Professional The following charts shows which version of Windows 10 you will get depending of you Windows 7 / 8 version: The following Windows versions can upgrade free to Windows 10 Pro: The following Windows versions can upgrade free to Windows 10 Home: Which version can be upgraded to Windows 10

Valid backup of you data in case something goes wrong.

The whole procedure should take about 30 minutes. This procedure works for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 and you won’t need to reinstall your software and apps.

This post will show you how to downgrade / change Windows edition from Enterprise to Professional in a couple of steps. If you don’t need the Enterprise features, you can decided to downgrade your Windows 8.1 Enterprise edition to Windows 8.1 Pro to have the free upgrade to Windows 10. You want to install the latest Windows version to have the new OS features but you found out that one of your computer is running Windows 8 Enterprise edition which is not covered by the free Windows 10 upgrade.