The Windows 8.1 Enterprise Upgrade order has now been processed. Best, Andre Windows Insider MVP MVP-Windows and Devices for IT twitter/adacosta If you are able to successfully upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro, then you will able to do the in place upgrade to Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Get more features with a new edition of WindowsĬlick the 'I already have a product key link'Įnter your product key and you will be upgraded to Pro. Windows 8.1 Pro, then you can upgrade it to Windows 8.1 Enterprise. If the Windows 8.1 Pro license you got under 'Get Genuine' is a retail copy, you could use Add Features to upgrade it to Is the Windows 8.1 Pro retail or volume license?īecause you can't use a volume license based distribution of Windows 8.1 Pro to upgrade the preinstalled Windows 8.1 single language. The Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit - Get Genuine and Windows 8.1 Enterprise Upgrade 64-bit (Includes Software Assurance) are MAK licensed from the Volume Licensing Service Center. The laptops are from HP and were supplied pre-installed with Win dows 8.1 64-bit How are these computer licensed? Are the Retail, OEM, KMS or MAK? If all the machines are alike, I would at a minimum create a recovery drive and system image that you easily use to restore the machines back to its factory state.īest, Andre Windows Insider MVP MVP-Windows and Devices for IT twitter/adacosta If you do a custom install by starting the installation for Windows 8.1 Enterprise in Windows 8.1 64 bit, this will still preserve the manufacturer recovery tools in case you need to restore the machine.

The above indicates Windows 8.1 is not a qualifying product, you first have to upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro.Īs you noted, in order to use the Windows 8.1 Enterprise volume license upgrade, the machines must be properly licensed with a qualifying business premium edition of Windows, such as Windows 8.1 Pro.

You can upgrade to Windows 8.1 Enterprise (Volume License) from the following operating system editions:

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