Then you need to contact your system administrator for activation problems. This key is for Windows 10 Home. There was no way you used the free upgrade to get Education.
Microsoft made a UNIX subsystem for 7 Enterprise before but they deprecated and removed it in 8 and 8.1 respectively.
This would be a neat feature for some, but I'd rather prefer they do it the other way - a Windows subsystem in a Linux distro.
Yes. Just install Windows 8.1 and it will activate. Just to make sure, did the laptop come with 8 or 8.1? Because that does make a difference...
Also, please quote posts when replying to them.