Windows 10: Will upgrading Windows 11 OEM license to Pro using Microsoft Store give me a product key...

This is my problem: - I have Windows 11 Home OEM on my laptop let's call it Laptop_1. - I need Windows Pro.- I want to upgrade it using Microsoft Store- In a few weeks I will move back to my secondary laptop that doesn't support Windows 11 let's call it Laptop_2- I will want to remove newly bought license for Windows Pro 11 from Laptop_1 and use it for Windows 10 Pro on Laptop_2Will that be possible?

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Win10 Home to W10 Pro Upgrade Error using Product Key

The keys are there because 1. It is the product key you end up with when you gain a digital license for Windows 10 Pro through legitimate means and 2. When you do a clean install of Windows 10 (without adding an ei.cfg file), on a computer with a product key for Windows 10 Home stored in UEFI, you can use the generic product key to upgrade the Windows 10 Home that installs by default to Windows 10 Pro - but only if you have an existing digital license for that computer for Windows 10 Pro previously stored on Microsoft Activation Servers.

The reason the generic Windows10 Pro product key will not upgrade your Windows 10 Home to Pro is because you do not have a preexisting digital license for Pro for that computer stored on Microsoft activation servers.

 

Unable to upgrade Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro

Hello - I have a laptop with Windows 11 Home and I need to upgrade it to Windows 11 Pro to connect to a local domain. I can not use the pro upgrade from the Microsoft Store for $99 as that requires a Microsoft account and this is for a business and I don't want the upgrade being linked to any particular Microsoft account.

I purchased an OEM Windows 11 Pro license and entered the key in the "Change Product Key" link and it does not accept it.

I then reloaded the laptop by booting to the Windows 11 Pro DVD and after completion it still only shows Windows 11 Home. The process never asked for the license key during reload and seems to default to the digital license for Home. I tried entering the OEM key for Pro using the change product key at this point and it still does not accept the pro license key.

I've used OEM Pro keys many times to upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro and never had an issue.

What is the correct process to upgrade Windows 11 Home to 11 Pro without using the Microsoft Store upgrade?

 

Windows 11 Home to Pro upgrade

Want to upgrade 11 Home to 11 Pro. Tried download, but apparently files transferred were for 11 Enterprise. This will not activate; error is "invalid digital license or product key". This is on a new Surface. How to proceed?

Can withdraw/delete this. The suggestion to downgrade - listed below - with a 'fake' windows 10 key works.