Windows 10: I have a Windows 11 Pro Laptop with an OEM licence. It is now saying that it cannot...

This is a Lenovo laptop with an OEM licence that shows that the Windows licence is not activated but the Windows Enterprise version is activated with a Digital Key. The error message I receive is - "The activation server determined the specified product key is blocked".How can I resolve this without having to buy a new licence?

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Windows Pro licence key (non-oem) on oem devices

Hi,

I bought a new ASUS laptop (Laptop A) with windows 10 OEM pre-installed. (I do not have a record of this key)
I performed the free upgrade on laptop A (that was permitted at the time to windows 11)
I then installed a windows 8 PRO key (standalone / non-Oem that I bought years ago separately) and upgraded my laptop to windows 11 pro.

I have now bought a new windows 11 laptop with and OEM licence (laptop B) and wish to
(a) install my PRO key onto this laptop and
(b) downgrade the old laptop to windows 11 home or its old windows 10 home OEM key

I could not find the old key on laptop A looking up key via "wmic path softwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey" gives me my pro-key not the original

I do not just want to install the Old 8 Pro key onto laptop B.

How do I downgrade laptop A to its OLD OEM key, I have tried re-installing from scratch with windows 11 home but it showed as pro once installed and upgraded itself.

Any help would be appreciated

 

Possible to transfer over Windows 11 Pro licence from dead laptop to new laptop?

My old laptop which was running Windows 11 Home originally out of the box, which then I upgraded to Windows 11 Pro through the $99 Microsoft Store upgrade has died and will not turn on again. I am getting a new laptop with Windows 11 Home on it, but I still want a Windows 11 Pro licence on it. Is it possible to transfer the licence? I don't want to spend another $99 to upgrade my new laptop to Pro. I am willing to take out the SSD if needed to retreive the product key/licence. Does anyone have more detailed steps on how to transfer over the licence if it is possible?

Thanks,

Kiet

 

WIndows OEM licencing

WIndows 10 PRO oem upgrade to Windows 11 Pro. What impact has this on a licencing ? Is an E3 lincence needed for this if these devices is in a small LAN enviroment with no enviroment Azure or AD