Easy way to 'up' preinstalled Win 8.1 on laptop to Pro/ Enterprise without reinstall?

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    #1 crashnburn, Jul 30, 2014
    Easy way to 'up' preinstalled Win 8.1 on laptop to Pro/ Enterprise without reinstall?

    Please guide. Thanks.
     
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    #4 crashnburn, Jul 5, 2015
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    Can someone please enlighten me here with their wisdom/ experiences here? :)

    Can what you suggested be one with Retail Pro? or will need a VL Pro? Or are they easily interchangeable/ convertible without changing media?

    The reason for me to have the flexibility to switch between Pro (I have a $14.99 License keep as a 'safety'.. but will use MTK for starters) and Enterprise (would give me WTG functionality.. probably have to use W/MTK).. so
     
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    #5 throbber, Jul 5, 2015
    Well I'm no expert but I think you need a activated win 8 pro retail to add wmc.
    Don't think the vl has the "add feature.
    I'm sure sombody with more knowledge may give you more info.
     
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    #6 s1ave77, Jul 5, 2015
    Yep, In-Place-Upgrade to ProWMC for Retail version only. Pro_VL won't offer that path.

    No official Upgrade path from Pro to Ent (that nice feature comes for Win 10 only). Not sure whether the Up/Down Reg Hack will work for this.
     
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    #9 urie, Jul 6, 2015
    You would still be quicker formatting and clean installation then installing software than
     
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    #11 urie, Jul 7, 2015
    Well I just hope that you do at least make backups if you drive goes down you have lost it all.
     
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    Always :) Too many backups lying around.. Need to consolidate.