Technically your machine would not qualify for OEM as a new license (not new hardware – the hardware footprint will at least be associated with the volume license on Microsoft’s activation server at the date that was activated so activation will detect the machine is not a new build, though it should activate if the hardware was originally activated at the manufacturer’s factory with OEM before the enterprise product was loaded). Note if you have the recovery partition on disk you might get by (you haven’t said what the machine itself is a no brand tower is far less likely to have a BIOS key or recovery partition.) Note to install Windows 8.0 you need a staging key (Core: 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT Professional: XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB ) then you install 8.1 and activate that with the BIOS key, both times using slmgr rather than GUI interface, and then you might be able to use the result to get Windows 10. It’s probably worth checking if you have a BIOS key (wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey) first, as the other option could be to install that (likely Windows 8 or 8.1 OS and then upgrade to Windows 10. I was going to build a new system but given the current cost of pc components, particularly graphics cards, I am looking at options to buy some more time for the current build.
Because the current OS is W10 Enterprise, there is a little ambiguity as to whether there will a problem. My question relates to being uncertain as to whether I can perform an “in place” upgrade which will preserve my files and apps, or whether, I will be required to perform a total clean install and totally rebuild the system. I would use the paid activation key to do an in place upgrade to W10. I think (am considering) purchasing a W10 Pro OEM Product key and using the MS Media Creation Tool to download W10 Pro ISO from MS. The enterprise version of the OS was installed by the system builder and I do no have access to the MS volume licensing program and so I have no path forward to W10 Enterprise. As I look ahead to January 2023 end of security support for the current OS, I am thinking whether I should try to extend the life of the system by a few years by upgrading to Windows 10 Pro OS. I have a i7 4770K Haswell system that is about seven years old running windows 8.1 圆4 Enterprise OS.
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