Somehow I ended up with Windows 10 S. How to upgrade & activate?

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  1. ananrulz

    ananrulz MDL Novice

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    It is long story I don't know what I did wrong or what went wrong, so please help me out fixing this mess

    So I downloaded ESD from tb.rg-adguard.net

    ESD > Win10 v1709 Redstone 3 December 2017 > Windows 10 Consumer > EN-GB > 16299.125.171213-1220.rs3

    and used gus33000-ESD-Decrypter for conversation into .iso
    then used portable rufus and build a bootable usb.
    During installation I found only two options Windows 10 S & Windows 10 S N

    So I installed S till that time I didn't knew what the hell is S.

    So right now I am stuck with Windows S on my new laptop, I tried to upgrade to Pro using keys which I found googling but it didn't work. It doesn't even let me Install 7z.
    I want to upgrade to pro.
    So how to? Do I need to re download, re decrypt, re unmount, re Install (I don't want to waste this much time)
    What are possible ways. And how to activate?
     
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    ananrulz MDL Novice

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    So it was due to a bad decrypt..
    So what should I do re decrypt and clean Install or repair / upgrade?
     
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    Re-convert and re-Install and re-read my previous answer, i've added more info :)
     
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    ananrulz MDL Novice

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    @Enthousiast it is my new laptop, it was the first OS installation (windows 10 S). So I don't think my laptop has a bioskey, is there a way to check that? and I want to activate it HWID and want to make KMS the last option,
    Should I try something crazy like installing win 8.1 then 10 or something for that.
     
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    If the first OS is Windows 10 S then most probably you don't have any MSDM bioskey.
    However, you can still activate and establish a HWID for Windows 10.
    Windows 7 Ultimate/Professional => Activated by Windows loader => Windows 10 Pro.
    Windows 8.1 Pro => KMS activate => Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro 1511 build => Windows 10 Pro (latest build).
    Follow this thread for all the detailed steps:
    https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/64770/
     
  7. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    To see if there is a MSDM bioskey or a slic table for 7 inside the BIOS you can download the QT from here: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/multi-oem-retail-project-mrp-mk3.71555/#post-1283849
    And run it, it will give a simple to read report with all info you need, you can post the saved report here if you aren't sure.
     
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    I need to make a HWID Home or Pro for activate Cloud ?
     
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    Iirc it was Home. It's been written down somewhere, but that was when cloud was new.
     
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    Thanks for the info, Cloud is very strange, the manipulation during 2 hours for the activation :D

    Could you send me your repack VMware with Cloud activated ? Please