Windows 10: Cannot activate Windows 11 Pro install

Discus and support Cannot activate Windows 11 Pro install in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I bought a new Dell PC with Windows 11 Home pre-installed. The hardware was faulty, so Dell sent an engineer who replaced the SSD drive with a new one,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Mike Gatehouse, Oct 25, 2024.

  1. Cannot activate Windows 11 Pro install


    I bought a new Dell PC with Windows 11 Home pre-installed. The hardware was faulty, so Dell sent an engineer who replaced the SSD drive with a new one, supplied by Dell, that had Windows 11 Pro pre-installed on it.The PC now works, but I cannot activate Windows because the built-in product key presumably for the original, and now defunct Windows 11 Home does not work.Dell have offered to install Windows 11 Home, but say that I will lose everything I have installed on the new PC in the meantime -- all my files from an old PC, plus about 40 applications together with their licence details and

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    Mike Gatehouse, Oct 25, 2024
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