Change product key

[Tony08]

In Update and Security section, Activation tab, it says my Win10 is activated but below that is tells me to Change product key or go to the store and buy a different edition of windows. I don't understand what needs to be done. What do i change the product key to? I upgraded from win 7 and the last update I'm on is Ver10.0 (Build 10240) Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Trouble]

It doesn't "tell you to change the product key" it simply gives you a means of doing so if you would want or need to.
IF your product says "Windows is activated".....
There is not further action required by you.

 

[Tony08]

Thank you. If you don't mind me asking, why would someone want to or need to change the key?

 

[Trouble]

In some instances, especially in the case of Retail OS purchases, someone might want to move their retail product key to another machine, replacing it on the machine with a separate key they purchased just for the purpose of perhaps, transferring the computer to a friend or relative.
Something of that nature.
Back in the day, there was something called Windows Anytime Upgrade, where you could make your Windows 7 Home Premium into a Windows 7 Ultimate computer simply by changing the product key.
That is the place and means where you would go and do something like that.
I assume there is still something similar available for people with Windows 10 Home, to purchase a key for Windows 10 Pro.... change it and presto ..... Home becomes Pro

 

[Tony08]

Thank you very much. Your kindness has helped me learn something new today. God bless you and have a good rest of the day.

 

[jmccleary50]

Here's a short story about product keys. I had a laptop with 8.1 and upgraded to 10 with no problem. On a 2nd laptop I upgraded 7 home to 7 professional with no problem.

I later made the 2nd laptop dual boot with 7 pro and 10 home. 7 pro was activated because it was properly upgraded but 10 home was not because it was installed by means of a usb .iso file. I went to the store and purchased a new product key for $119. When I entered that 10 was activated.

All the advice I got on how to dual boot came from this forum. I suspect that had I known more about product keys I could have avoided the expense but that's how I did it.