Windows 10: I purchased Windows 11 arm from the Windows store, but no digital key came with the confirm...

I purchased Windows 11 threw the Windows store. I have a confirm order number, but no product key and no digital key came with the confirm email?Any way to get it?

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Windows-on-Windows ARM Confirmed?

Back in the 1990's, when the software industry knew the 32-bit x86 address-space limitation was closing in, they geared up for transition to another machine architecture, then came AMD64 and EM64T, which allowed an x86 processor to perform in both 64-bit and 32-bit modes. Microsoft didn't want users of its 64-bit Windows to be deprived of using software coded for 32-bit Windows, which was infinitely more in number than 64-bit software. Hence it developed what is known as Windows-on-Windows 64 (WOW64), a translation layer that interfaces 32-bit software and drivers to the 64-bit OS and drivers. With its next major Windows version, Windows 8, Microsoft wants to give the ARM architecture a big push, with a Windows 8 version for ARM computing devices (such as tablets and netbooks). Guess what?

A latest bulletin at MSDN hints at the possibility of Microsoft working on a x86-to-ARM translation layer, which allows you to run desktop windows (Win32) software on Windows 8 ARM, effectively "Windows-on-Windows ARM". Without specifically pointing out the ability to run Win32 software on ARM, the bulletin mentions the ability to run non-metro applications (native Windows) on SoC (system-on-a-chip) architectures. It could also just be a reference to Intel's single-chip SoCs such as Medfield, which are x86-based. If Microsoft pulls off a "WOWARM", it could spell terrible news to Intel, because something such as the hypothetical WOWARM is all that stands between ARM and high-performance desktop PCs. In a market that only has two other competitors (AMD and VIA), dozens more could join in overnight, including NVIDIA's karmic entry after being shunned off an x86 license.

Sources: ZDNet, Engadget

 

Issue with Store purchase of Windows 11

I purchased Windows 11 from the Microsoft Store $199.00 to activate my laptop, my credit card was charged and I never received a confirmation email with the windows 11 product license code. So I don't know what it is. My laptop did get activated however I need my product code. Also, I can see the order in my Order History, but when I look at the details of the order there is not a product license code and the online support states that I should have received an order conformation email which would have the product license code, but I have not received the email with this information.

A digital copy from a Microsoft website

The product key is in the confirmation email you received after buying your digital copy of Windows. Microsoft only keeps a record of product keys if you purchased from the Microsoft online store. You can find out if you purchased from Microsoft in your Microsoft account Order history.

 

Windows-on-Windows ARM Confirmed?

This. ARM processors out now are built to require very little power and produce virtually no heat. On the other hand, your average desktop processor is between 65-140 watts. Cortex-A9 Osprey (40nm dual-core) consumes 0.5 watts at 800 MHz and 1.9 watts at 2 GHz.


Windows Phone 7 runs on ARM and Windows 8 is said to be a convergence of Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7--hence the ARM support across the board. If the press is reading Microsoft right, the same OS will be found on desktops, laptops, ultrabooks, tablets, and phones most likely with ARM and x86-64 versions (x86 likely to end at Windows 7).