Windows 10: When we tried installing Win 11 pro OEM pack in desktop it straight away installing Win 11...

When we tried installing Win 11 pro OEM pack in desktop it straight away installing Win 11 Home. But in laptop we can install win 11 pro. why? How can i over come this issue? I need win 11 pro in my desktop

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Clean install of win 11 pro

I have a laptop running with a digital licence for Win10 Pro. The laptop originally came with Win 10 home but I upgraded to win 10 pro using a key from a win 7 ultimate dvd.

Windows update tells me I can update to win 11 pro from my present install and acquire a digital licence from MS.

My potential issue after doing so would be, if I wanted to do a clean Win 11 Pro install after getting the digital licence (for win11 pro) I suspect the install would read the bios key and install Win 11 home and not Pro. Apparently Win 7 keys are no longer valid for the Win 10 and 11 upgrades.

My question then becomes what steps do I follow to do a clean Win11 Pro install on this laptop bearing in mind the system came with Win10 Home.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

 

Installation Win 11 WEIRD behavior

Hi, this is a Windows 11 question. You appear to be referring (though it's not absolutely clear) to a clean install of Win 11. elevenforum.com supports Win 11 - I suggest you register there- you will find many tenforums members there. When you post there, please clarify

That would imply you deleted all partitions of your existing Windows 10 and installed to unallocated space on your disk. Is that correct?

This suggests this is a build customised by HP. Windows normally includes all drivers needed; exceptions can be hardware and features specific to a particular model. There are several threads about not being able to type in search boxes on tenforums with solutions. However, this forum focusses on Win 10. Those threads may help you with that, although you should not be experiencing such problems with a clean install. Feel free to search tenforums for thise threads. Note too your PC is under warranty- so feel free to contact HP support and use their forum.

. Which server? something to do with HP? If so, suggest you refer to HP.

 

Buying a Win 11 pre-installed desktop after using Win 10-home desktop

Hi,

I was previously using a desktop with Win 10-home activated. When Win 11 was available, my desktop machine unfortunately did not qualify for the free upgrade due to its hardware.

I recently bought a Win 11 home pre-installed desktop after my previous machine died. It asks me to activate windows and when I get to the Reactivation portion, clicking then I made significate hardware changes, it lists my old machine with Win 10 that died and asks if it is the current machine I am using. It does not list my actual Win 11 machine that I am using.

What should I do?

My Windows digital license was Win 10-home and I was not able to upgrade due to hardware. I changed to a new set up and the license now does not match with Win 11 edition.