In place upgrade of Windows Server 2016 to 2019 on a laptop fails during SET_PRODUCT_KEY

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PhrakarMushat

I have an older laptop serving as the primary domain controller.I am trying to perform an in-place upgrade from 2016 to 2019The install almost fully completes, then rolls back and the error message says it cant set the product keyI suspected I know why - this laptop originally came with a Windows Home licenseWhen I installed Server 2016 on it, I had to use the workaround of putting the key in the PID.txt file in the sources directorySo I did that, and retried the upgrade (executing from the USB stick in the server)Same resultIs the in place upgrade not going to work?I hate having to

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