

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. Right now Microsoft has a lot of work to do.Windows 10 is coming out tomorrow. Even the most ardent Windows fans have now accused Microsoft of having a “ Software Quality Problem. In January Windows 10 updates turned PCs with AMD hardware into an " unbootable state, " a major April upgrade had to be pulled for causing the infamous Blue Screen of Death ( BSOD ), and the aforementioned October update permanently deleted personal files. It is also the fourth major incident this year. It remains a serious bone of contention with many users that Windows 10 has taken much greater control over their computers, making incidents like this hard to avoid. Like The Register, I have contacted Microsoft’s press team for a response and will update this article if one is received. As for users calling Microsoft’s call centres, the response is to simply wait for a fix. On its official Answers page, Microsoft warns there is a “temporary issue” with the company’s activation server but has not disclosed any further details. Windows 10 has a quality control problem Microsoft
