This is 80% Legit. (Still working on 10/2020) But you need to do some changes The RUclipsr said to change the *EDITION ID from Professional to Core*, But it didn't work for me. So after updating it twice I came over to that you need to Change the *EDITION ID FROM PROFESSIONAL TO HOME (not Core)!* _P.S.: Please like this comment, so that it can be seen by everyone._
Following the guide for the first time around, at the mount ISO section. IF it still works with the Core instead of your suggestion, ill make note here (in case its a specific case by case). If not ill update this message so everyone knows to follow yours! UPDATE: I followed the video method and had no issues.
People who are asking why would you want this. Maybe because the ISO file installed into your new build was PRO and you have a key for Home. and I'd prefer not to clean install after transferring 6tb of files.
Literally the exact reason I'm doing this. Brand new IBP pc came with pro installed and a digital key for home. A full day of 3 different tech support companies later and I'll just fix the shit myself
T 2 Reason I'm doing this is because when I first built my PC I thought my previous laptop with windows 10 installed was Pro but it was home and now i'm stuck with the watermark at the corner
This is my reason. I used the creation tool and it installed Pro without asking what version. I only have Home registered to my microsoft account. Microsoft support couldnt fix my issue for months. They said it was impossible to fix.
One Note. If you have Composition Edition ID And not Composition ID it's the same. If your Composition ID says "Enterprise" on both sides just change it to Core on both, same if it says Professional etc. This also works for Unactivated windows. It worked for me.
So if I pirated Windows 10 Pro, and now it says I need to activate Windows, but I want Home because it's cheaper, will this still work or do I need to do something else?
Mine said Enterprise instead of pro in 2 spots. I just followed the video instructions and changed to home and core anyways. When the install came up, it didn't offer install to home, it offered pro so I quit the setup. Then went back to reverse the reedit changes in case leaving it would cause a problem. I noticed that it had changed back to enterprise in one of the spaces. (Or that I missed it, but I don't think so.) I changed it again to core, then ran the iso again and this time it offered home setup. All went through great, thank you!
This comment saved me so much trouble, thank you so much! I kept changing the registry to home and core as it installed. In the end it worked to trouble. Thank you!
omg you just saved me so much stress! the same thing happened to me. after going back to RegEdit some of the settings did revert back to Enterprise. made those changes and now when I run the WIndows 10 Setup it does show HOME. this needs to be a top comment lol
This 100% works! My computer showed Composition ID as "Enterprise" but I never had Enterprise, ever. I simply changed it to "Core" and it worked. It kept trying to install Windows 10 Pro and I didn't know why. Thank you for the wonderful assistance and clear directions!
I had just done a live stream with this very subject last week on my channel, lasting over an hour (I didn't need a Home key until after the fact). But mine is long, your video is just right. You also have way more subscribers than I do, so this video is welcome.
It worked, it really worked! Okay, so to summarize some VERY important points that I got from the comment section but that wasn't mentioned in the video: first of all, there's a *second* thing you need to set from Enterprise/Professional to Core on both locations, "Composition Edition ID" (exact name can vary). Secondly, you also need to double-check the registry before running the setup.exe. I didn't on my first try, only to find out afterward that two of the settings had reverted prior to setup. Other than that, this was a life-saver of a video! Thanks so much!
Thanks for telling me, I hadn´t realised that if you hadn´t written the comment. Now the two CompositionEditionIDs are changed to Core and I can start installing. Thanks a million.
@@TristheCompletionist Hey, no problem. Thank the guys who wrote that first, I was just as lost with this before sifting through the comments and finding these tips.
This was a life saver. We aren't that knowledgeable on Windows programs and setup and my brother had set up my moms computer wrong with pro instead of home. I tried to fix it with a written description from somewhere else and failed. This video was easy to fall and straight forward even a novice like me could follow it. I'm so happy I found this video. Thanks for putting it out there.
Thanks for this video. This is exactly what I needed. I accidentally selected pro during installation and didn't realize it until after I set my system up and windows was demanding to be activated.
Thank you! Your clear and precise guide really helped with the problem I had... Spent 8 hours going through Microsoft support, while it took me an hour with this guide:)
Used this video twice now on two different computers a couple years apart. Both were PCs purchased secondhand that came with pirated copies of Win10 Pro that I wanted to revert to a legal Home license. This method worked perfectly each time, and for that I am eternally grateful. You saved me a lot of frustration. One thing worth noting... the Registry seems to want to revert itself after a while, so you have to keep double-checking all of the settings before running the .ISO. Also, there are other instances of where it says "Professional" or "Enterprise" not mentioned in the video that you will also need to change to "Core." It's really simple to figure out at a quick glance. Thank you so much for saving both of my PCs from a never-ending cycle of failed Pro license renewals, haha
If you want to downgrade to Home Single Language, you'll have to change ProductName to "Windows 10 Home Single Language", EditionID to "CoreSingleLanguage" and CompositionEdition to "Core" instead. Also make sure these changes haven't reverted back to the original ones the moment you mount your ISO.
Thankyou so much. I had windows 10 Home single langauge license but harddisk got changed and it went to Windows 10 pro somehow. I applied these settings straight away and it works very well in the first go. Thankyou for saving my time.
This still works as of 3/5/2020. Make sure you DO NOT close the registry. Once you close it, Windows changes the boxes in the first section back to the old settings. Also, make sure you not only change the two he shows but also the Composition ID section to Core on both registry areas.
So, I just did this, followed the whole tutorial as shown. I have encountered a problem. (I'm writing this before my second attempt). I have attempted to do this one, without any success, what happened is that at the end where it should've said "Install W10 Home", it said Pro, so I thought I should try again, I went into my registry, and noticed that my Software > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion has changed both the Product Name and EditionID back to pro. I have no idea what this happened, but I'm trying again, wish me luck! Edit: Where it says "Download and install updates (recommended), make sure to click Not right now, as well as deselecting "I want to help make..." at the bottom, this causes the registry to revert what you put in beforehand. Works now, great tutorial!
you can deactivate or uninstall your windows 10 pro license key. open a command prompt with admin rights: slmgr.vbs /upk. enter your home license key and see what happens. if your windows pro came pre-installed oem then you wont be able to downgrade.
That was the problem for me, too. When I just follow the instruction of this video, Pro was installed. I could downgrade to Home after I select Not right now. Current installer does not ask you first whether you want to select update now or not now (like 8:10 on the video). You have to find the screen in 8:10 yourself and change the settings before the installation.
@@christianparisi6472 For the 1909 iso file, the option appears right after you execute setup.exe. Before you press the button 'Next' on the first window, there should be blue text to change the update setting, on the middle-top of the window. I have no idea how this text is printed in English or other languages, but it wouldn't be hard to find.
I also had a Home edition and after my laptop was serviced the service installed a Pro version which I don't have the licence key for. Thank you very much for the easy step-by-step video. You saved me a lot of time and money. Thank you!
If anyone is having issues with the registry keys reverting back to pro after you download the iso, change the values back. Then go to edit, then click on permissions, click on system and uncheck the full control box and run the windows setup again. Just before you're ready to start the installation, give full control back to the system and you should be good.
Thanks for the video! It worked. There is a 3rd spot as mentioned in the comments that also needs to be changed. You have to change Edition ID, Product Name, and Composition Edition ID. I used it from an unactivated Windows Pro to a Windows Home.
It works, you have to be very FAST tho, the register files reset back to Pro very fast (it takes some seconds/minuts to reset). I tried this before and it didn't work, finally it works now :)
Thank you for making this video, Brian. Much appreciated. The main reason for downgrading is the cost of the key. My Windows 10 Pro is currently unactivated. I am not a super-user and am unsure if Windows 10 Pro is a good fit for my usage needs.
That's OK the only difference between the two is Domain Join, Group Policy, BitLocker, Remote Desktop, Device Guard these are not available on Windows 10 Home. Glad I could help.
My child had a school PC with Windows 10 Pro EDU and we wanted to downgrade to windows 10 home after she had finished school. Your video was very clear and easy to follow and helped sort us all out. Thanks heaps.
Oh my goodness may god bless your soul. For some reason my windows deactivated and I was trying to fix the issue for 3 days on end. This video finally solved my Issue after 3 grueling days of looking for fixes. I even contacted microsoft support and this video helped me more than they did. Perfect 10/10 Tutorial. I will mention one thing though, If this does not work for anyone else they need to change the CompositionEdition to Core. Mine was on Enterprise and it kept giving me back windows 10 pro until I changed it to Core. Overall thank you so much. You have saved me so much time. this 3 day journey of endlessly searching for a fix has come. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Doesn't work. I try core or home, either way it prompts me to put in a windows 10 home product key. My license is remembered by my motherboard, I don't have access to the actual physical number. I got a new harddrive and they automatically installed windows 10 pro on it, and now I'm just doomed?
Mate, you got no idea how much time this saved me. My C drive died and I had to reinstall. Couldn’t find my windows 10 CD that I bought. Had no idea which edition I had so selected pro. 3 weeks later, after spending 16hours a day installing my tools again, I found my cd with the product key. It’s HOME edition. I ring Microsoft, cut a long story short, I’m supposed to do all that work again. That’s the only way unless I buy PRO activation. And then I found your video. LIFE SAVER! This method worked flawlessly in July 2020. Absolutely everything remains in tact. I ran regedit as administrator.
If you have issues of it still saying pro instead of home, I figured out after a few tries that I needed to keep the registry open and quickly change the options back to home because it will change it back to pro when you enable the program to make changes to the computer. I had to do this only with the path way "software/windows/windows NT" and I got it to work.
Alexander Rodriguez your tip saved me many wasted hours of research. I noticed that too but just figured I missed it. Also the [Edition] Core and the [?] Retail in the eo.cfg are needed. Thanks!
Alexander Rodriguez it made me sick to think about spending $200 when I already had a license on my new Pc. If migration were easier they’d sell more pcs - the complexity is counterintuitive. Why? So Microsoft can sell 2 OSs for every PC?
Thank you so much! I was worried about having to do a clean install, but now I have a working, activated Windows 10 Home. The comments were useful, I had to change the value of composition edition ID to core, and it worked then.
May 2023 Update for those getting Pro after making changes. Along with the 2 changes made in the video, you must also change “CompositionEdition” to Core also. Make sure to do this in both folders mentioned in the video.
Worked perfectly. I purchased "like new" un-activated Win10Pro laptop from eBay. Booted, ran wmic at command prompt to get original product key. Reinstalled with your mods. Now I have an activated Windows 10 Home machine. Cheers. Easy cheap fix. Thanks!
If it reinstalls Win 10 Pro instead of Home, here's the thing: The latest installer looks a bit different and there's an extra click to view the setting where you say "not now" to updates. If you miss that, it resets some of the registry changes you already made and you need to start over from the beginning. Good video - this process works.
I appreciate this so much! I wanted to enable remote desktop access on my home PC because I was going to be traveling. I got a message that I couldn't use RDP with Home, but "click here to upgrade..." Well it never asked for money or a key, it just upgraded me, then asked me to activate Windows Enterprise! I didn't have any keys for Enterprise so I was stuck either living with the "Activate Windows" watermark (while knowing that I wasn't trying to cheat!) or finding some link that would let me buy a pricey upgrade. All I wanted was to restore my system to its previous OS without having to reinstall all my programs. You saved me days and days of frustration, expense and misery. Thank you! I will be sharing your channel with the IT guys at work, who didn't know the answer either!
For the Summary of the video and some additions over it Open Registry Editor (Search in Start) For Windows 10 Home: Navigate to : Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion: EditionId : Core ProductName: Windows 10 Home CompositionEditionID: Core
Thank you so very much! Your guidelines worked. I had a Windows Enterprise edition but with a non-genuine product key, and I just purchased the Home Edition, as I wouldn't need the additional features, and I tried everything, but couldn't get my product key to work, so I had to downgrade for the license to work. You're a life saver! :)
Thank you so much! What an amazing tutorial, you saved me so much grief and stress. I'm so grateful. I've just found your website, will donate a little something
Wow. This actually works! I have a Dell desktop that had Enterprise already installed on it. For three days, I have been trying various ways to install my own copy of Windows 10 Home onto it. FAIL. Following these directions precisely, I now have my Dell working for me as I have wanted -- Windows 10 Home. My only deviation was looking for "Enterprise" instead of "Windows 10 Pro" in the registry. Many, many thanks Britec09!!!
Update 21/9-2022. Still appears to work, though do keep in mind not to close the registry tab along the way. Should you be prompted with "Windows 10 Pro" in setup, chances are your values changed in one of the fields covered in this video. Changing compositionID as well to Core is also important!
This actually worked! I was missing the second registry entry prior to this video. I performed a clone of a system that was running Pro to a computer that had a Home license and now everything is activated
I keep getting to where I just need to run the setup, everything is “Windows 10 Home” or “Core” but I run it and it just says Windows 10 installation failed
Thank you very much for this video! I had been struggling for days trying to activate Windows Education and contacted Microsoft 3 times and my university too but nobody could help me. I also searched online for help but could not find answers. I finally came across your video and tried it as a desperate last resort to change to Windows Home and it worked!
this is what i did change : Composition Edi... from Pro/Ent to Core like in video make sure u enter commands as administrator ! Edition ID from Pro/Ent to Core Product name from Pro/Ent to Home all 3 in >WOW6432Node/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion< and >SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion< last step is make windows 10 tool ISO - if u dont have dvd player download dvd emulator program like daemon tools... run your windows 10 ISO disk in and when windows instalation starts (my wos set automaticly at 64 home version) if my little comment guide helped u plz up vote for ppl to see :)
I just tried this, and when I go to install it STILL says it's going to install Windows 10 Pro! I'm at my wit's end with this buggery. Do you have any advice?
Flawless and very well documented video. I have an old laptop that was not booting. Could not repair, so I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro; did not realize it had only Windows Home until after the install and the request to purchase Pro. Thank you!!!
Just followed all these steps and still got Pro at the end :( My computer came with the watermarked version of Pro, but I paid for Home since it's cheaper. That's why I wanted to downgrade. Back to the drawing board!
Read the comments and was able to successfully downgrade from Pro to Home. There's another setting called "Composition ID" which must be changed from "Professional" to "Core" in two places.
Lacey Anne This comment is bless. Thank you! I scourged the internet and found the video after going on Microsoft forums to no avail. I was disappointed when I followed the video and it didn’t work. I tried what you said and it let me downgrade successfully. The uploader should really pin your comment. Lifesaver.
Thanks, Pusha! Glad it worked out for both of us. I actually found this method from another commenter down below. I was on the phone and live chat with Microsoft agents for 5 hours yesterday and they were useless! They erased everything on my computer and kept reverting to Pro instead of Home. Thank heavens for RUclips.
Thanks Lacey for this comment! This totally worked for me but mine said "Composition Edition ID", just to help someone else that might have this same problem.
Homie didn't have to do this for us, but he did. A hero right here. Thank you so much, Britec!!!!! I had to reinstall windows on my new SSD (making that the boot drive and making my HDD a storage drive) but accidentally installed pro instead of home. My activation key was for home so my windows wasn't activated. Thank you so much for this!!!
This is not working. As soon aa I close the registration editor it switches back to a different mode. I can't seem to be able to obtain the home edition iso file from any official source.
I was having the same issues like some where no matter how many times I changed the registry keys .. confirmed , it would still revert back to Pro. I got it working, I kept the registry open under Software-Microsoft-Windows NT as the WOW seem to retain values .. It seems that when the Media Tool creation finishes downloading and starts creating the iso, it changes it. I was able to catch and change it right before the tool finished downloading and started creating the iso. It was at 10% of creation when I updated it again to Home and it seemed to have stuck to Home now. I was able to get to Windows Home Install screen. Thanks.
OMG! that makes things even more annoying and complicated: so if you are not lucky enough to catch it must wait other hour or more of download to try again to see if you are lucky this time?
When I do this everything goes to plan, but when the computer tries to boot windows 10 home, it’s starts updating and fails at around 70%. Then it shuts itself down and tries again once more before realizing the changes cannot be made. Lucky for me afterwards it reverts itself back to normal. Once the computer boots up, I get a pop up message that says “we couldn’t install windows 10” with the error code “0xC1900101 - 0x40017” Anybody else got this? Any solutions? Thanks
@@justinevan931 that’s ridiculous. I’ve just wasted £120 on a windows home license/key. There’s got to be a way to fix it. If there isn’t then I’ll ring up Microsoft and try to get a refund
Mine showed pro and professional for the first regedit location and then enterprise for both for the second location instead of pro. Also, the window for the media creation tool is now white instead of blue/purple. For some reason it still shows "install windows 10 pro" instead of home at the last step. Sigh.
Thats pretty cool, because i bought a key for Windows 10 Home and have Pro.... i am so dumb, but thanks for the video. So I can use the key. Sorry for my english I´m from Germany
I followed this extremely well documented step by step tutorial and it worked flawlessly ! I want to thank you so much for taking the time to put this awesome video production together for those of us who were in this exact type of situation. Great job !!! SRIII
My wife's system drive crashed. I bought a new SSD, mirrored the system drive from my PC and got her up and running quickly. I could have done a clean install, but this method allowed her to boot up with MS Office, Adobe Apps and various game programs already installed without downloading several GB of data. Problem ... her PC was Win 10 Home, mine is Win 10 Pro, so I cant register her machine with her old key. Downgrading her system back to home is a useful trick. Thanks!
whenever I change the product keys and I go to do the process. It says upgrade to windows pro, but I want it to say home so Idk what to do. Also, the first windows NT says pro but the second says enterprises.
After you download the ISO file, go back and check the regedit portion and make sure your stuff didn’t revert back to pro. Mine reverted to pro so I went back and changed them to “Home” and “Core” again and then I went back in and opened up the ISO setup. Make sure you click the not now option for updating and have the “I want to help Microsoft....” DESELECTED. Everything should work from there on! Awesome video! Thank you!
I did all the steps multiple try’s now and every time it reverts to windows 10 pro. I noticed that the settings under the Microsoft tab changed back to pro but not under the node64. Michael Spino: I had the same problem. Had to regedit one more entry in both Keys it is called Composition ID mine was set to Professional I changed it to Core in both places and re-ran the setup. It then showed Windows 10 Home instead of Pro
@@JeGaRo-Hub I didn’t downgrade it, but downloaded a new windows 10 home, and installed it, if I remember correctly. Used my original windows key to activate it
YOU ARE THE BEST this worked for me to switch from Education Edition back to home as well! I couldn't install updates something with OEM license vs edu one and this fixed it, thank you!!!
Amazing video! Thank you brother. I upgraded to Windows 11, hated it. Downgraded to Windows 10 but it went down to Windows 10 Pro. So that's weird and a word of caution to those who don't know about downgrading from 11 to 10 that it seems to go to Pro. This video saved my ass. God bless you.
It helped a lot, I am having key for windows 10 home version but technician installed windows 10 pro while replacing hdd. Then I used this method to change from pro to home, at First trail i didnt get this and tried once again as i read in some comments, it worked well and activated key automatically as i have digital liscence previously....thank you
This was a great help to me after doing an upgrade for my daughter. I have no idea how I ended up with Win 10 Education edition but I only had a key for Win 10 Home. I now have a working license! Thank you!
@@Vipulaggarwal2 thank you Vipul... But i done yesterday without registry edit.. I got single lang iso only.. & as my lapi degitally license also.. so hurrey I got windows 10 SL activated
@@kalidaskhupte20 Mine too was single language, i had done the exact same thing because this information was not available anywhere. Glad to hear yours worked out by the way😃
Britec, you are a legend! This video + comments below about Composition Edition ID = lifesaver. I had a inactive Windows 10 Pro on my PC but bought Windows 10 Home (because it's cheaper). This worked a treat. I then put in the genuine Windows 10 Home activation code after I did this whole process and now it is working without a hitch.
18.11.19 still works :D run regedit as admin and after change 6 values!!! (not 4, remember composition ID!!) dont close regedit becuase windows change to default setting
Downgraded to Home from Pro today (26 Jan 2020) - thanks Krzysztof, first attempt to downgrade failed as Windows returned my regedit change of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName field back to 'Windows 10 Pro' after I'd closed edit. Did as you suggest and ran regedit as admin AND kept regedit OPEN while I mounted and started ISO installation setup.exe. Also, there ARE 6 fields to edit - the four in this video (thanks, Britec!) plus the 'CompositionEditionID' fields in each of the two folders edited in video have to be changed to 'Core'. I did the downgrade to Home as I was having problems with Pro as I cannot stop Windows asking me to enter network credentials when I try to access any of the other three machines on my home network (all of these three are Win 10 Home and can 'see' each other no problem). Put this down to some arcane setting in Local Group Policy in 'Pro' version (there are 100s of them!). Sadly, still have the network credentials issue but at least the machine is now Win 10 Home, same as the other three machines. My quest continues! Any ideas very welcome.
@@protectiongeek Mine did this but asked for the Product key, but i dont have the product key for the Home version, since its a digital licens on the machine.
Still working on 04/2021. Wanted to change the edition from Education (everything controlled by school) to Pro (everything controlled by me) and it worked great. Thanks!
January 2021 update--- Followed video steps completely. Before Mounting the iso file I made sure to recheck the Registry and had to make it say Home/Core again, then reloaded the file and worked. In between it asked for a product key for Windows Home that I had instead of Pro and worked.
Senon11072004 the person who asked didn't had a Windows 10 Pro license and he wanted to go back to Windows 10 Home with license... EDIT: Without losing files or programs.
Hi there! If only you knew how much this video helped me. Mistakenly I bought windows 10 home product key instead of 10 pro. If I couldn't downgrade my money was going to burn🙁 But thanks god I found your video. Thank you so much for your help!
One very important note: Once you've modified the registry DO NOT CLOSE THE REGISTRY EDITOR PROGRAM because some of the modified values will be returned to their original state and the installer will not be fooled into thinking it's a win home installation. Leave the registry editor intact and carry on with the in-place Windows 10 Home Upgrade/Downgrade , that way the installer will "believe" it's a home installation.
Thanks buddy. To answer your puzzled comment as to why anyone would like to downgrade, I had Windows 8.1 Home edition. I tried to install Windows 10 Pro, it kept wanting to install Home, so I did the tweaks to let me choose Pro, but since my previous version is Licensed for Home, I would have to purchase Pro to get a valid key. As 30 days it would stop working properly without one.
For those of us who still are unable to do it, it's probably because "Composition ID" was not changed to "Core". Once you do that, you'll be able to get Win 10 Home reinstalled! Cheers guys!
Thank you for the video, basically tore my pc down and bought everything new but cloned my hd onto the new m.2. I knew my windows 10 pro was overkill so downgraded to home. This tutorial meant I didn't need top do a clean install.
Thank you very much, i had my laptop activated through my organization servers with pro licence. I never wanted to pay again and windows has been activated to home without any issue and has been linked to my microsoft email account !!
Britec09 I mean whats THE REQUESTERS or anyone elses motivation for wanting to do such a thing. You are essentially reinstalling Windows anyway, except to a less feature rich version of Windows 10. He could skip alot of this hassle by simply backing up what he wants and resetting windows and have a fresh W10 thats still on pro. Lots of redundancies with this request from what I can see, thats why I asked.
What if you have loads of settings, plugins and programs doping it this way means you don't have to install all of that, your system is like it was before but different OS version. Fresh install is a pain in the butt having reinstall everything, this way you don't have to :) hope this answers your question.
Thanks for this video. I had a client who another computer technician had inappropriately installed Windows 10 Pro and Windows would not activate. I successfully downgraded his Windows version to Home and was able to activate it as he had a license key for Home and not Pro. I did have to change Composition Edition ID in both places in the registry from Professional to Core as well.
This is 80% Legit. (Still working on 10/2020)
But you need to do some changes
The RUclipsr said to change the *EDITION ID from Professional to Core*,
But it didn't work for me.
So after updating it twice I came over to that you need to
Change the *EDITION ID FROM PROFESSIONAL TO HOME (not Core)!*
_P.S.: Please like this comment, so that it can be seen by everyone._
does this keep everything you installed on your pc prior??
I had windows 10 home single language so should i type windows 10 home single language or just windows 10 home?? Help!!!
Following the guide for the first time around, at the mount ISO section. IF it still works with the Core instead of your suggestion, ill make note here (in case its a specific case by case). If not ill update this message so everyone knows to follow yours!
UPDATE: I followed the video method and had no issues.
@@TheeGreenDino Did it work bro?
Thank you. His tutorial didn't work for me and your comment fixed it to work for me :)
People who are asking why would you want this. Maybe because the ISO file installed into your new build was PRO and you have a key for Home. and I'd prefer not to clean install after transferring 6tb of files.
Literally the exact reason I'm doing this. Brand new IBP pc came with pro installed and a digital key for home. A full day of 3 different tech support companies later and I'll just fix the shit myself
@@kennygentry4027 bro same here so how do u overcome this....
doing the same thing. its SOOO Stupid that you cant downgrade more easily.
but you can upgrade super easily. must be money hungry windows for ya haha
T 2 Reason I'm doing this is because when I first built my PC I thought my previous laptop with windows 10 installed was Pro but it was home and now i'm stuck with the watermark at the corner
This is my reason. I used the creation tool and it installed Pro without asking what version. I only have Home registered to my microsoft account. Microsoft support couldnt fix my issue for months. They said it was impossible to fix.
One Note.
If you have Composition Edition ID
And not Composition ID it's the same.
If your Composition ID says "Enterprise" on both sides just change it to Core on both, same if it says Professional etc.
This also works for Unactivated windows. It worked for me.
Yes! Thank you! Worked.
Jim Brandt no problem!
@Panji Wilis Pratama np
if i had not wread your comment it would not have worked for me, thanks allot :)
So if I pirated Windows 10 Pro, and now it says I need to activate Windows, but I want Home because it's cheaper, will this still work or do I need to do something else?
Mine said Enterprise instead of pro in 2 spots. I just followed the video instructions and changed to home and core anyways. When the install came up, it didn't offer install to home, it offered pro so I quit the setup. Then went back to reverse the reedit changes in case leaving it would cause a problem. I noticed that it had changed back to enterprise in one of the spaces. (Or that I missed it, but I don't think so.) I changed it again to core, then ran the iso again and this time it offered home setup. All went through great, thank you!
This comment saved me so much trouble, thank you so much! I kept changing the registry to home and core as it installed. In the end it worked to trouble. Thank you!
omg you just saved me so much stress! the same thing happened to me. after going back to RegEdit some of the settings did revert back to Enterprise. made those changes and now when I run the WIndows 10 Setup it does show HOME. this needs to be a top comment lol
It works, life saver
Thank you. Same thing happened to me. Good thing you posted this.
Thanks a million 👌
This 100% works! My computer showed Composition ID as "Enterprise" but I never had Enterprise, ever. I simply changed it to "Core" and it worked. It kept trying to install Windows 10 Pro and I didn't know why. Thank you for the wonderful assistance and clear directions!
Ty I'm going through the same thing with enterprise too
I had just done a live stream with this very subject last week on my channel, lasting over an hour (I didn't need a Home key until after the fact). But mine is long, your video is just right. You also have way more subscribers than I do, so this video is welcome.
Just covering peoples requested videos and of cause yours will be logger because you done yours live so no editing, thanks for watching.
It worked, it really worked!
Okay, so to summarize some VERY important points that I got from the comment section but that wasn't mentioned in the video: first of all, there's a *second* thing you need to set from Enterprise/Professional to Core on both locations, "Composition Edition ID" (exact name can vary). Secondly, you also need to double-check the registry before running the setup.exe. I didn't on my first try, only to find out afterward that two of the settings had reverted prior to setup.
Other than that, this was a life-saver of a video! Thanks so much!
Thanks for telling me, I hadn´t realised that if you hadn´t written the comment. Now the two CompositionEditionIDs are changed to Core and I can start installing. Thanks a million.
@@TristheCompletionist Hey, no problem. Thank the guys who wrote that first, I was just as lost with this before sifting through the comments and finding these tips.
This was a life saver. We aren't that knowledgeable on Windows programs and setup and my brother had set up my moms computer wrong with pro instead of home. I tried to fix it with a written description from somewhere else and failed. This video was easy to fall and straight forward even a novice like me could follow it. I'm so happy I found this video. Thanks for putting it out there.
Thanks for this video. This is exactly what I needed. I accidentally selected pro during installation and didn't realize it until after I set my system up and windows was demanding to be activated.
Thank you! Your clear and precise guide really helped with the problem I had... Spent 8 hours going through Microsoft support, while it took me an hour with this guide:)
Used this video twice now on two different computers a couple years apart. Both were PCs purchased secondhand that came with pirated copies of Win10 Pro that I wanted to revert to a legal Home license. This method worked perfectly each time, and for that I am eternally grateful. You saved me a lot of frustration. One thing worth noting... the Registry seems to want to revert itself after a while, so you have to keep double-checking all of the settings before running the .ISO. Also, there are other instances of where it says "Professional" or "Enterprise" not mentioned in the video that you will also need to change to "Core." It's really simple to figure out at a quick glance. Thank you so much for saving both of my PCs from a never-ending cycle of failed Pro license renewals, haha
Thank you! I thought this tutorial didn't work but I had to go back to regedit and revert back to Windows 10 Home and Core.
If you want to downgrade to Home Single Language, you'll have to change ProductName to "Windows 10 Home Single Language", EditionID to "CoreSingleLanguage" and CompositionEdition to "Core" instead.
Also make sure these changes haven't reverted back to the original ones the moment you mount your ISO.
Thankyou 😊🙏
Correct 💯
Thanks man mine changed back too after mounting and this comment saved me from more suffering 😂
Thankyou so much. I had windows 10 Home single langauge license but harddisk got changed and it went to Windows 10 pro somehow. I applied these settings straight away and it works very well in the first go. Thankyou for saving my time.
This still works as of 3/5/2020. Make sure you DO NOT close the registry. Once you close it, Windows changes the boxes in the first section back to the old settings. Also, make sure you not only change the two he shows but also the Composition ID section to Core on both registry areas.
Approved, composition ID also needs to be changed.
Thanks!
It really works in 2024 !! ,Just awsome dude ...was looking for this same video from a week and finally got a to the point solution🤩
ok it works but it showing windows 10 home only , i think it should be windows 10 home single language ??
So, I just did this, followed the whole tutorial as shown. I have encountered a problem. (I'm writing this before my second attempt).
I have attempted to do this one, without any success, what happened is that at the end where it should've said "Install W10 Home", it said Pro, so I thought I should try again, I went into my registry, and noticed that my Software > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion has changed both the Product Name and EditionID back to pro. I have no idea what this happened, but I'm trying again, wish me luck!
Edit: Where it says "Download and install updates (recommended), make sure to click Not right now, as well as deselecting "I want to help make..." at the bottom, this causes the registry to revert what you put in beforehand. Works now, great tutorial!
Klixer thx so much!
you can deactivate or uninstall your windows 10 pro license key. open a command prompt with admin rights: slmgr.vbs /upk. enter your home license key and see what happens. if your windows pro came pre-installed oem then you wont be able to downgrade.
That was the problem for me, too. When I just follow the instruction of this video, Pro was installed. I could downgrade to Home after I select Not right now.
Current installer does not ask you first whether you want to select update now or not now (like 8:10 on the video). You have to find the screen in 8:10 yourself and change the settings before the installation.
@@Nadekkon please tell me where or how, i can't find it, in the Current version the update is automatic
@@christianparisi6472 For the 1909 iso file, the option appears right after you execute setup.exe. Before you press the button 'Next' on the first window, there should be blue text to change the update setting, on the middle-top of the window.
I have no idea how this text is printed in English or other languages, but it wouldn't be hard to find.
I also had a Home edition and after my laptop was serviced the service installed a Pro version which I don't have the licence key for. Thank you very much for the easy step-by-step video. You saved me a lot of time and money. Thank you!
If anyone is having issues with the registry keys reverting back to pro after you download the iso, change the values back. Then go to edit, then click on permissions, click on system and uncheck the full control box and run the windows setup again. Just before you're ready to start the installation, give full control back to the system and you should be good.
your settings really helped me
Thanks so much for this edit - really helped
Thanks for the video! It worked. There is a 3rd spot as mentioned in the comments that also needs to be changed. You have to change Edition ID, Product Name, and Composition Edition ID. I used it from an unactivated Windows Pro to a Windows Home.
It works, you have to be very FAST tho, the register files reset back to Pro very fast (it takes some seconds/minuts to reset).
I tried this before and it didn't work, finally it works now :)
Thank you for making this video, Brian. Much appreciated. The main reason for downgrading is the cost of the key. My Windows 10 Pro is currently unactivated. I am not a super-user and am unsure if Windows 10 Pro is a good fit for my usage needs.
That's OK the only difference between the two is Domain Join, Group Policy, BitLocker, Remote Desktop, Device Guard these are not available on Windows 10 Home. Glad I could help.
Also Pro allows you to block or defer updates / upgrades a lot easier than Windows 10 Home does
My child had a school PC with Windows 10 Pro EDU and we wanted to downgrade to windows 10 home after she had finished school. Your video was very clear and easy to follow and helped sort us all out. Thanks heaps.
I followed the same steps for downgrading from Enterprise to Home and it worked... really thankful for your video
I can't help it but all I hear is Korg from Thor:Ragnarok. You sound just like him! Great Video!
Korg has an aussie accent though not british XD
Oh my goodness may god bless your soul. For some reason my windows deactivated and I was trying to fix the issue for 3 days on end. This video finally solved my Issue after 3 grueling days of looking for fixes. I even contacted microsoft support and this video helped me more than they did. Perfect 10/10 Tutorial. I will mention one thing though, If this does not work for anyone else they need to change the CompositionEdition to Core. Mine was on Enterprise and it kept giving me back windows 10 pro until I changed it to Core. Overall thank you so much. You have saved me so much time. this 3 day journey of endlessly searching for a fix has come. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Doesn't work. I try core or home, either way it prompts me to put in a windows 10 home product key. My license is remembered by my motherboard, I don't have access to the actual physical number. I got a new harddrive and they automatically installed windows 10 pro on it, and now I'm just doomed?
Mate, you got no idea how much time this saved me.
My C drive died and I had to reinstall. Couldn’t find my windows 10 CD that I bought. Had no idea which edition I had so selected pro. 3 weeks later, after spending 16hours a day installing my tools again, I found my cd with the product key.
It’s HOME edition.
I ring Microsoft, cut a long story short, I’m supposed to do all that work again. That’s the only way unless I buy PRO activation.
And then I found your video. LIFE SAVER!
This method worked flawlessly in July 2020. Absolutely everything remains in tact.
I ran regedit as administrator.
If you have issues of it still saying pro instead of home, I figured out after a few tries that I needed to keep the registry open and quickly change the options back to home because it will change it back to pro when you enable the program to make changes to the computer. I had to do this only with the path way "software/windows/windows NT" and I got it to work.
Alexander Rodriguez your tip saved me many wasted hours of research. I noticed that too but just figured I missed it. Also the [Edition] Core and the [?] Retail in the eo.cfg are needed. Thanks!
Alexander Rodriguez it made me sick to think about spending $200 when I already had a license on my new Pc. If migration were easier they’d sell more pcs - the complexity is counterintuitive. Why? So Microsoft can sell 2 OSs for every PC?
@@davidbeard915 yeah man I was pretty ticked that I had to buy it again.
Thank you so much! I was worried about having to do a clean install, but now I have a working, activated Windows 10 Home. The comments were useful, I had to change the value of composition edition ID to core, and it worked then.
May 2023 Update for those getting Pro after making changes. Along with the 2 changes made in the video, you must also change “CompositionEdition” to Core also. Make sure to do this in both folders mentioned in the video.
Worked perfectly. I purchased "like new" un-activated Win10Pro laptop from eBay. Booted, ran wmic at command prompt to get original product key. Reinstalled with your mods. Now I have an activated Windows 10 Home machine. Cheers. Easy cheap fix. Thanks!
@@johnsabaku2257 Were your files in need of a backup or were they still there after downgrading?
@@dimondhannes2090 Always make a backup of your backup. But that said, all the files & apps were still there.
@@johnsabaku2257 Thanks! Worked perfectly
If it reinstalls Win 10 Pro instead of Home, here's the thing: The latest installer looks a bit different and there's an extra click to view the setting where you say "not now" to updates. If you miss that, it resets some of the registry changes you already made and you need to start over from the beginning. Good video - this process works.
Lifesaver, thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I needed to downgrade because I accidentally installed Windows 10 Pro with a Home license
I appreciate this so much! I wanted to enable remote desktop access on my home PC because I was going to be traveling. I got a message that I couldn't use RDP with Home, but "click here to upgrade..." Well it never asked for money or a key, it just upgraded me, then asked me to activate Windows Enterprise! I didn't have any keys for Enterprise so I was stuck either living with the "Activate Windows" watermark (while knowing that I wasn't trying to cheat!) or finding some link that would let me buy a pricey upgrade. All I wanted was to restore my system to its previous OS without having to reinstall all my programs. You saved me days and days of frustration, expense and misery. Thank you! I will be sharing your channel with the IT guys at work, who didn't know the answer either!
For the Summary of the video and some additions over it
Open Registry Editor (Search in Start)
For Windows 10 Home:
Navigate to :
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion:
EditionId : Core
ProductName: Windows 10 Home
CompositionEditionID: Core
Hello and thanks, theses paremeters worked for me properly, thanks
Thank you and all of the helpful comments! I'm a tech-savvy person but this took me less than 30 minutes and now my Plex server is activated again!
You save me Man! i have a home license only and you came to save me! (I can speak english just a little bit)
Thank you so very much! Your guidelines worked. I had a Windows Enterprise edition but with a non-genuine product key, and I just purchased the Home Edition, as I wouldn't need the additional features, and I tried everything, but couldn't get my product key to work, so I had to downgrade for the license to work. You're a life saver! :)
Thank you so much! What an amazing tutorial, you saved me so much grief and stress. I'm so grateful. I've just found your website, will donate a little something
Mate, 3 years later and you have saved my sanity. Cheers legend
Lucid instructions, worked fine. Thank you.
Its May 2020, and its Working. Consider “Composite ID” also changed to “Core”. Thanks Man.👍🏻💪🏻
Everything to core or home and yeah it is still working
@VEXXY For me stayed the same.. exactly the same, you need to do the changes as administrator, thats all
There is one more option where you must change it from professional to core.......
Composition Id
Wow. This actually works! I have a Dell desktop that had Enterprise already installed on it. For three days, I have been trying various ways to install my own copy of Windows 10 Home onto it. FAIL. Following these directions precisely, I now have my Dell working for me as I have wanted -- Windows 10 Home. My only deviation was looking for "Enterprise" instead of "Windows 10 Pro" in the registry. Many, many thanks Britec09!!!
Update 21/9-2022.
Still appears to work, though do keep in mind not to close the registry tab along the way. Should you be prompted with "Windows 10 Pro" in setup, chances are your values changed in one of the fields covered in this video. Changing compositionID as well to Core is also important!
Absolutely correct 💯.
I did not close out the registry but when prompted with the install it still says Windows 10 Pro
Any help?
@@zackmcdaniels9814 ever get feedback? having the same issue.
This actually worked! I was missing the second registry entry prior to this video. I performed a clone of a system that was running Pro to a computer that had a Home license and now everything is activated
I keep getting to where I just need to run the setup, everything is “Windows 10 Home” or “Core” but I run it and it just says Windows 10 installation failed
Thank you very much for this video! I had been struggling for days trying to activate Windows Education and contacted Microsoft 3 times and my university too but nobody could help me. I also searched online for help but could not find answers. I finally came across your video and tried it as a desperate last resort to change to Windows Home and it worked!
this is what i did change : Composition Edi... from Pro/Ent to Core like in video make sure u enter commands as administrator !
Edition ID from Pro/Ent to Core
Product name from Pro/Ent to Home
all 3 in >WOW6432Node/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion< and >SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion<
last step is make windows 10 tool ISO - if u dont have dvd player download dvd emulator program like daemon tools...
run your windows 10 ISO disk in and when windows instalation starts (my wos set automaticly at 64 home version)
if my little comment guide helped u plz up vote for ppl to see :)
After so many days of searching... I've finally found it! Thank you!!
I just tried this, and when I go to install it STILL says it's going to install Windows 10 Pro! I'm at my wit's end with this buggery. Do you have any advice?
Danny Pinsent just keep the registry editor open because when you close it it changes it back to pro
@@DanaciousP hey pls let me know too , if u got the result
Flawless and very well documented video. I have an old laptop that was not booting. Could not repair, so I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro; did not realize it had only Windows Home until after the install and the request to purchase Pro. Thank you!!!
Just followed all these steps and still got Pro at the end :( My computer came with the watermarked version of Pro, but I paid for Home since it's cheaper. That's why I wanted to downgrade. Back to the drawing board!
Read the comments and was able to successfully downgrade from Pro to Home. There's another setting called "Composition ID" which must be changed from "Professional" to "Core" in two places.
Lacey Anne This comment is bless. Thank you! I scourged the internet and found the video after going on Microsoft forums to no avail. I was disappointed when I followed the video and it didn’t work. I tried what you said and it let me downgrade successfully. The uploader should really pin your comment. Lifesaver.
Thanks, Pusha! Glad it worked out for both of us. I actually found this method from another commenter down below. I was on the phone and live chat with Microsoft agents for 5 hours yesterday and they were useless! They erased everything on my computer and kept reverting to Pro instead of Home. Thank heavens for RUclips.
Thanks Lacey for this comment! This totally worked for me but mine said "Composition Edition ID", just to help someone else that might have this same problem.
Mine is saying on Composition edition ID "Enterprise"
Homie didn't have to do this for us, but he did. A hero right here. Thank you so much, Britec!!!!! I had to reinstall windows on my new SSD (making that the boot drive and making my HDD a storage drive) but accidentally installed pro instead of home. My activation key was for home so my windows wasn't activated. Thank you so much for this!!!
This is not working. As soon aa I close the registration editor it switches back to a different mode. I can't seem to be able to obtain the home edition iso file from any official source.
You are AWESOME! I have been having problems with this Pro/Home edition for 6 months and no one has been able to fix it. Thank you!!!!
I was having the same issues like some where no matter how many times I changed the registry keys .. confirmed , it would still revert back to Pro. I got it working, I kept the registry open under Software-Microsoft-Windows NT as the WOW seem to retain values .. It seems that when the Media Tool creation finishes downloading and starts creating the iso, it changes it. I was able to catch and change it right before the tool finished downloading and started creating the iso. It was at 10% of creation when I updated it again to Home and it seemed to have stuck to Home now. I was able to get to Windows Home Install screen. Thanks.
completes successfully following this. mine (retain values) happens at 60%. Thanks so much!
Life saver! Worked perfectly around the same percentage! Installing Home now. cheers man
OMG! that makes things even more annoying and complicated: so if you are not lucky enough to catch it must wait other hour or more of download to try again to see if you are lucky this time?
damn it cant get it work.. ill try again
Thank you!! I used my downloaded ISO and double checked all 6 keys right after I said no thanks to the updates on the installer and hit next.
*This works 100%.* It was so good that I had to find this video again after re-installing just to drop this comment and *THANK YOU!*
When I do this everything goes to plan, but when the computer tries to boot windows 10 home, it’s starts updating and fails at around 70%. Then it shuts itself down and tries again once more before realizing the changes cannot be made. Lucky for me afterwards it reverts itself back to normal. Once the computer boots up, I get a pop up message that says “we couldn’t install windows 10” with the error code “0xC1900101 - 0x40017” Anybody else got this? Any solutions? Thanks
I’ve got the exact same problem. Did you manage to solve it?
@@goldentrafford7922 nope just gotta stick with pro
@@justinevan931 that’s ridiculous. I’ve just wasted £120 on a windows home license/key. There’s got to be a way to fix it. If there isn’t then I’ll ring up Microsoft and try to get a refund
I had a license for Windows 10 Home, but dowloaded windows 10 pro, with this tutorial I was able to downgrade without losing any data, many thanks!
Mine showed pro and professional for the first regedit location and then enterprise for both for the second location instead of pro. Also, the window for the media creation tool is now white instead of blue/purple. For some reason it still shows "install windows 10 pro" instead of home at the last step. Sigh.
EXACTLY SAME FOR ME! Did you ever fix it?
@@storm-john6007 Change the Composition ID to "Core" as well.
BRAVO...spent far too many hours before finding this video and reading through so many helpful comments. Installing Windows 10 Home now.....
Thats pretty cool, because i bought a key for Windows 10 Home and have Pro.... i am so dumb, but thanks for the video. So I can use the key. Sorry for my english I´m from Germany
Bin auch Deutsch und hatte das gleiche problem :P
Lol ich auch
@@jasonroedel5602 ja auch
Mir ist das gleiche passiert :)
Ihr wisst schon das die pro Version besser ist:D
I followed this extremely well documented step by step tutorial and it worked flawlessly ! I want to thank you so much for taking the time to put this awesome video production together for those of us who were in this exact type of situation. Great job !!! SRIII
thank you still work in -- 27-12-2019
Still working in 2024
No need to change anything
Great tutorial - Thank you
After a year of searching i find this ... And 30 mins later my pc is back to home
Did you lose video files or pics?
@@fawaz2771 you mean porn
👏
My wife's system drive crashed. I bought a new SSD, mirrored the system drive from my PC and got her up and running quickly. I could have done a clean install, but this method allowed her to boot up with MS Office, Adobe Apps and various game programs already installed without downloading several GB of data.
Problem ... her PC was Win 10 Home, mine is Win 10 Pro, so I cant register her machine with her old key. Downgrading her system back to home is a useful trick. Thanks!
***READ*** You have to select the "Not right now" option, if you select to check for updates it will reset the EditionID and the name back to pro.
where is this option ?
@@sirpirod6852 at minute 8:08
Thanks, it works, from 1803 Pro, to 1809 Home, (image from old PC to new), you save my day!.
whenever I change the product keys and I go to do the process. It says upgrade to windows pro, but I want it to say home so Idk what to do. Also, the first windows NT says pro but the second says enterprises.
@Quang Vu Still doesn't work here.
After you download the ISO file, go back and check the regedit portion and make sure your stuff didn’t revert back to pro. Mine reverted to pro so I went back and changed them to “Home” and “Core” again and then I went back in and opened up the ISO setup.
Make sure you click the not now option for updating and have the “I want to help Microsoft....” DESELECTED.
Everything should work from there on! Awesome video! Thank you!
I did all the steps multiple try’s now and every time it reverts to windows 10 pro. I noticed that the settings under the Microsoft tab changed back to pro but not under the node64. Michael Spino: I had the same problem. Had to regedit one more entry in both Keys it is called Composition ID mine was set to Professional I changed it to Core in both places and re-ran the setup. It then showed Windows 10 Home instead of Pro
thanks
Daniel Trujillo Thank you so much man
I got it!! Thank you!
Worked! Thank you :)
Worked 100% for me! Thank you so much I accidentally clicked windows 10 Pro N and now I’m on windows home
Even after the changes, in the end of iso file says “pro”, help pls
same here, may i know if you manage to make it home?
@@JeGaRo-Hub I didn’t downgrade it, but downloaded a new windows 10 home, and installed it, if I remember correctly. Used my original windows key to activate it
@@limzxgod im done, i just miss one part by renaming the one of enterprise to core im good :)
Still applicable more than a year later, thank you so much!!
Still applicable more than 2 years, lmao
When I get to the Installation part, it says "Install Windows Pro" instead of Install Windows Home
same
Mine too ughhh ;-; i waited 3 hours to get to the installation part bcos my laptop's very slow, and then i get "windows 10 pro" ;-; i give up dammit
Same
YOU ARE THE BEST this worked for me to switch from Education Edition back to home as well! I couldn't install updates something with OEM license vs edu one and this fixed it, thank you!!!
8:37, it still says install windows 10 pro. some help?
composition ID also says professional in those same 2 spots as the product name etc. Change those 2 to core and try again
@@peacekeeper2811 savior!
Amazing video! Thank you brother. I upgraded to Windows 11, hated it. Downgraded to Windows 10 but it went down to Windows 10 Pro. So that's weird and a word of caution to those who don't know about downgrading from 11 to 10 that it seems to go to Pro. This video saved my ass. God bless you.
Does this work in downgrading Windows 10 Enterprise to Home?
Yes
Charismatic. I didn't expect I would be able to do it but it worked after following video instructions. Thank so much. Kudos to you.
you're a god mate, cheers!
It helped a lot, I am having key for windows 10 home version but technician installed windows 10 pro while replacing hdd. Then I used this method to change from pro to home, at First trail i didnt get this and tried once again as i read in some comments, it worked well and activated key automatically as i have digital liscence previously....thank you
Thank you very much i love you man
This was a great help to me after doing an upgrade for my daughter. I have no idea how I ended up with Win 10 Education edition but I only had a key for Win 10 Home. I now have a working license! Thank you!
What Do i Do for Windows 10 Home Single Language??
Same question Did you got any solution?
@@kalidaskhupte20 I have put in a new comment
@@Vipulaggarwal2 thank you Vipul... But i done yesterday without registry edit.. I got single lang iso only.. & as my lapi degitally license also.. so hurrey I got windows 10 SL activated
@@kalidaskhupte20 Mine too was single language, i had done the exact same thing because this information was not available anywhere. Glad to hear yours worked out by the way😃
Britec, you are a legend! This video + comments below about Composition Edition ID = lifesaver. I had a inactive Windows 10 Pro on my PC but bought Windows 10 Home (because it's cheaper). This worked a treat. I then put in the genuine Windows 10 Home activation code after I did this whole process and now it is working without a hitch.
18.11.19 still works :D run regedit as admin and after change 6 values!!! (not 4, remember composition ID!!) dont close regedit becuase windows change to default setting
Downgraded to Home from Pro today (26 Jan 2020) - thanks Krzysztof, first attempt to downgrade failed as Windows returned my regedit change of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName field back to 'Windows 10 Pro' after I'd closed edit. Did as you suggest and ran regedit as admin AND kept regedit OPEN while I mounted and started ISO installation setup.exe. Also, there ARE 6 fields to edit - the four in this video (thanks, Britec!) plus the 'CompositionEditionID' fields in each of the two folders edited in video have to be changed to 'Core'. I did the downgrade to Home as I was having problems with Pro as I cannot stop Windows asking me to enter network credentials when I try to access any of the other three machines on my home network (all of these three are Win 10 Home and can 'see' each other no problem). Put this down to some arcane setting in Local Group Policy in 'Pro' version (there are 100s of them!). Sadly, still have the network credentials issue but at least the machine is now Win 10 Home, same as the other three machines. My quest continues! Any ideas very welcome.
@@protectiongeek Mine did this but asked for the Product key, but i dont have the product key for the Home version, since its a digital licens on the machine.
This still works as of 6-12-2020
THANK YOUUUUUU
Priceless
Thanks
Still working on 04/2021. Wanted to change the edition from Education (everything controlled by school) to Pro (everything controlled by me) and it worked great. Thanks!
followed these ended up 10 pro
January 2021 update--- Followed video steps completely. Before Mounting the iso file I made sure to recheck the Registry and had to make it say Home/Core again, then reloaded the file and worked. In between it asked for a product key for Windows Home that I had instead of Pro and worked.
Why would anyone want to downgrade ??
Senon11072004 the person who asked didn't had a Windows 10 Pro license and he wanted to go back to Windows 10 Home with license...
EDIT: Without losing files or programs.
Read the comments
We needed I don’t want to Explain to you
Win 10 home is light weight
Hi there! If only you knew how much this video helped me. Mistakenly I bought windows 10 home product key instead of 10 pro. If I couldn't downgrade my money was going to burn🙁 But thanks god I found your video. Thank you so much for your help!
One very important note: Once you've modified the registry DO NOT CLOSE THE REGISTRY EDITOR PROGRAM because some of the modified values will be returned to their original state and the installer will not be fooled into thinking it's a win home installation. Leave the registry editor intact and carry on with the in-place Windows 10 Home Upgrade/Downgrade , that way the installer will "believe" it's a home installation.
I did not have any problem closing the Registry Editor!
Thanks buddy. To answer your puzzled comment as to why anyone would like to downgrade, I had Windows 8.1 Home edition.
I tried to install Windows 10 Pro, it kept wanting to install Home, so I did the tweaks to let me choose Pro, but since my previous version is Licensed for Home, I would have to purchase Pro to get a valid key. As 30 days it would stop working properly without one.
For those of us who still are unable to do it, it's probably because "Composition ID" was not changed to "Core".
Once you do that, you'll be able to get Win 10 Home reinstalled!
Cheers guys!
Thank you for the video, basically tore my pc down and bought everything new but cloned my hd onto the new m.2. I knew my windows 10 pro was overkill so downgraded to home. This tutorial meant I didn't need top do a clean install.
Overkill what do you mean?
I Need Several Hours To Downgrade This Windows 10 LOL
Thank you very much, i had my laptop activated through my organization servers with pro licence. I never wanted to pay again and windows has been activated to home without any issue and has been linked to my microsoft email account !!
Why would we want do this? I legit want to know lol
TacticalPower88 because you got a computer from office or something
Because someone ask if it was possible, did you not watch the video? mentioned it in the video.
Britec09 I mean whats THE REQUESTERS or anyone elses motivation for wanting to do such a thing. You are essentially reinstalling Windows anyway, except to a less feature rich version of Windows 10. He could skip alot of this hassle by simply backing up what he wants and resetting windows and have a fresh W10 thats still on pro. Lots of redundancies with this request from what I can see, thats why I asked.
I also wonder why you would even want to do that
What if you have loads of settings, plugins and programs doping it this way means you don't have to install all of that, your system is like it was before but different OS version. Fresh install is a pain in the butt having reinstall everything, this way you don't have to :) hope this answers your question.
Thanks for this video. I had a client who another computer technician had inappropriately installed Windows 10 Pro and Windows would not activate. I successfully downgraded his Windows version to Home and was able to activate it as he had a license key for Home and not Pro. I did have to change Composition Edition ID in both places in the registry from Professional to Core as well.