When I reset my Windows PC, I ended up with Home edition. How do I get my Pro upgrade back? [Ask ZDNet]

Welcome to the latest installment of Ask ZDNet, where we answer the questions that make your IT guy reach for the Tums.

In the mailbag this week:  A user paid for an upgrade to Windows 10 Pro but has no idea where that product key is now. How to get the upgrade back?

Labari mai dadi shine sabobin kunnawa na Microsoft suma sun ƙunshi cikakkun bayanai don haɓakawa na Windows Pro. Lokacin da kuka shigar da maɓallin samfur don yin wannan haɓakawa da farko, waɗannan sabar sun ƙirƙiri rikodin kunnawa na biyu tare da zanta wanda ke gano tsarin ku dangane da kayan masarufi na musamman. Idan kun sake shigar da Windows Pro akan wannan tsarin, koda ba tare da maɓallin samfur ba, sabar kunnawa za su dawo da kunnawa ba tare da squawk ba. 

A wannan yanayin, mafita mafi sauƙi ita ce amfani da maɓallin samfura na Microsoft don Windows Pro don haɓakawa da sauri daga Gida zuwa Pro. 

Ka tafi zuwa ga Saituna > Tsari > Kunnawa. Danna don faɗaɗa sashin da aka yiwa lakabin Haɓaka bugu na Windows, sa'an nan kuma danna maɓallin da aka lakafta Change kusa da Canja maɓallin samfur kamar yadda aka nuna a nan: 

Shigar da wannan maɓallin samfurin a cikin akwatin maganganu wanda ya bayyana a gaba:

VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

Bi tsokaci don kammala haɓakawa. Bayan kun sake farawa kuma ku haɗa zuwa Intanet, yakamata ku sami cikakkiyar shigarwar Windows Pro.

There's nothing magical about that product key. If you use it to upgrade a system running Home edition that has never been activated for Windows 10 or Windows 11 Pro, you'll get an activation error, and the only way to recover is to enter a non-generic product key that entitles you to the upgrade.

Kuma idan kuna son tsallake wannan waƙa da rawa a nan gaba, gwada sake kunnawa daga kebul na USB mai bootable. Lokacin da kake gudanar da saitin, zaɓi zaɓi don tsallake shigar da maɓallin samfur, wanda sannan zai baka damar zaɓar ainihin fitowar da kake son sakawa.

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