Windows 10: New install of Parallels installed windows 11 pro. I have digital license for windows 11...

New install of Parallels installed windows 11 pro. I have digital license for windows 11 home. How to I uninstall windows 11 pro - and replace with windows 11 home

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Deactivate windows 11 digital license after removing Parallels on mac

I had problems with an installaction of parallels on a MAC. I removed parallels and windows 11 with it. As I installed an updated Parallels and windows 11, windows 11 won't activate because it needs a product key or digital license. I have my Microsoft order number for windows 11, but no product key or digital license.

 

Unable to activate windows 11 license on Parallels

Hi,

I purchased a digital license for Windows 11 Pro on May 15 and used in on my old macbook pro (intel chip) with Parallels. I recently purchased new Macbook Pro with M chip, trying to activate Windows 11 Pro on a new device in Parallels with no luck.

I unlinked the old device and see that new device is linked in my microsoft account, but all my attempts to activate are not working. I even tried to reinstall a new windows 11 Pro virtual machine from the scratch.

Need some technical assistance with this issue.

 

Transfer Windows 10/11 Digital License from VM to another

Hello Everyone,

I'm a Mac user with a need to virtualize a Windows instance.

On Jan 8th, I installed Parallels on my MacBook Air 13-inch M1. During Parallels installation, it was suggested to install a copy of Windows that I only realised later that is was copy of Windows 11 for ARM based systems. Right after Windows 11 installation, I acquired a Digital License through the Microsoft Store. So far, all good... Windows 11 is gorgeous by the way

Since I will be mostly on road, I quickly realised that I should host this VM on my other bigger MacBook Pro 16-inch due to his larger screen and more RAM. First thing that I learned is that, in Parallels, I cannot move a Windows VM created on a Mac M1 to an Intel based Mac.

My only option now, before expending another USD 100+, is to migrate the Windows 11 Digital License to a new VM created on Intel based Mac as Windows 10 and then upgraded to Windows 11.

Can this be done?

I tried capturing the product key [with help of external tool] from the initial VM, removed the license using slmgr tool and tried insert the product key on the new VM without success; also tried to start activation on the new VM and then use troubleshoot/hardware change with no success.

What else can I do?