Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Normal

almoststew1990 · 11 Apr 2019 at 13:11

I am thinking of replacing my terrible Linx 1010 tablet/netbook thing with a slightly less terrible "Trekstor Surfbook" - with a name like that I can just tell it'll be a quality product!

Anyway it comes with Windows 10 S, the one that only allows Windows store apps to work. I would like to put normal Windows 10 on it. Do you know if I can simply extract it's own 10S licence and reinstall Windows 10 Normal, using the Windows 10 Download Tool thing or will I need to buy a W10 licence specific for normal Windows 10?

Glanza · 11 Apr 2019 at 13:40

You can upgrade without having to add all that work, try running a normal .exe and it'll say you can't and give you the option to log into Windows which will then convert it to normal Windows 10.

Martini1991 · 11 Apr 2019 at 13:49

Glanza said:
You can upgrade without having to add all that work, try running a normal .exe and it'll say you can't and give you the option to log into Windows which will then convert it to normal Windows 10.

Am I reading that right that it'll upgrade for free?

Glanza · 11 Apr 2019 at 14:16

Martini1991 said:
Am I reading that right that it'll upgrade for free?

Yes

Martini1991 · 11 Apr 2019 at 15:57

Glanza said:
Yes

I'm shocked. That's basically an admission of failure by Microsoft imo.

Double07 · 15 Apr 2019 at 03:10

Martini1991 said:
I'm shocked. That's basically an admission of failure by Microsoft imo.

Imagine they admit ALL the failures they make! That would be a big post.