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Old December 7th 17, 07:41 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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My PC has Windows 10 Pro 32 bit which is validated with a key.
If I upgrade to 64 bit will I need another key?
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Old December 7th 17, 09:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Lucifer Morningstar wrote:
My PC has Windows 10 Pro 32 bit which is validated with a key.
If I upgrade to 64 bit will I need another key?


No.

Doing a *clean* install, it will use exactly
the same key it is using right now.

The key is valid for either 32 bit or 64 bit
for a given trim level of OS.

So if you did a Win7SP1 Pro to Win10 Pro upgrade,
the license key used, works for 32 bit or 64 bit.
I could have done it this way:

free upgrade install
Win7SP1 Pro 32bit ------------------------------ Win10 Pro 32bit
preserves trim and bitness

followed by:

Win10 Pro 64 bit *clean* install (uses the same key, by Digital Entitlement)

HTH,
Paul
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Old December 7th 17, 03:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mr. Man-wai Chang
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On 12/7/2017 2:41 PM, Lucifer Morningstar wrote:
My PC has Windows 10 Pro 32 bit which is validated with a key.
If I upgrade to 64 bit will I need another key?


You could download the 64-bit ISO from Micro$oft he

https://www.microsoft.com/en-hk/soft...load/windows10

If you change the user agent string of your browser to Linux, you could
access the ISO links directly.

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Old December 7th 17, 06:16 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:41:02 +1100, Lucifer Morningstar
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My PC has Windows 10 Pro 32 bit which is validated with a key.
If I upgrade to 64 bit will I need another key?


Yes.
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Old December 7th 17, 06:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:41:02 +1100, Lucifer Morningstar
wrote:


My PC has Windows 10 Pro 32 bit which is validated with a key.
If I upgrade to 64 bit will I need another key?




Note that you can *not* upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. The only way to
get there is by doing a clean installation.
 




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