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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
No, it's a complete wipe and reinstall. You can upgrade easily (change authentication code) but you can't go backwards.
I've seen instructions for doing a registry hack to accomplish it, but I don't know if it actually gets you back to Home or if it just makes Windows think it is the Home version.
Honestly, I'm not sure why you would need to run the Home edition. In fact because Home does not include BitLocker for disk encryption I would recommend NOT running it. I've run Pro at home for as long as there has been a Pro version, and never had an issue. As far as I know there is no problem running both versions on different computers either.
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Dell has just quoted a price to build a Precision with the Home o/s. I suppose this gives me the option to upgrade to Pro. Like you say you can't go backwards, or as @
humfrz would put it "can't reverse!"